Lamboo asbestos deposit, Lamboo Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lamboo asbestos deposit | Deposit |
| Lamboo Station | Station (farming) |
| Halls Creek Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 27' 41'' South , 127° 20' 59'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Halls Creek | 1,209 (2012) | 42.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
289731
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:289731:1
GUID (UUID V4):
35778392-68d4-400a-8bb9-2244537af2cc
Located 6 miles north of the Lamboo pastoral station homestead. The deposit is a fibrous variety of anthophyllite, in a sill of serpentinised peridotite of the Alice Downs Ultrabasics. The fibres are less than half an inch long, but localised pods contain fibres up to 6 inches long. The asbestos is confined to a zone 20 feet thick, near the margin of the sill, and can be traced around the sill for several miles. Bands of magnetite are over half the volume of the rock, with magnetite blades often projecting from the bands into the asbestos, parallel to the fibre, between the contact with the asbestos and serpentine. Small quartz crystal vughs are commonly associated with the magnetite.
The same source states a chromite deposit is also 6 miles north of the Lamboo pastoral station homestead, and its description is very similar. The chromite zone is 20 feet wide, up to 6 inches thick, traced around the edge of a peridotite body. The deposit is low grade, small, with a high Fe content.
Map denotes homestead. Exact location at present of prospect uncertain.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β Anthophyllite Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| β Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β 'Serpentine Subgroup' Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Anthophyllite | 9.DD.05 | β»{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Anthophyllite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| H | β Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Anthophyllite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| O | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Anthophyllite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Anthophyllite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Halls Creek OrogenOrogen
- Lamboo ProvinceGeologic Province
- North Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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