Turtle (Copper Ridge), Mount Minnie Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Turtle (Copper Ridge) | - not defined - |
| Mount Minnie Station | Mountain |
| Ashburton Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 11' 38'' South , 115° 24' 39'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
125683
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:125683:6
GUID (UUID V4):
a22b0c3b-3fd8-4b65-983e-6cd10f7025c7
Locality: 7.5 km north of Range Homestead.
Three parallel lodes, consisting largely of chalcedony, containing pyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, chalcopyrite, with minor cuprite. The oxidised zone contains cerussite, malachite, and azurite.
The deposits are hosted by quartz-chlorite shear zone, showing silicified stockwork, in quartzofeldspathic gneiss/schist, close to adamellite. The shear dips steeply south-east, 210 metres long by up to 50 metres wide.
To the north-east is the second lode, containing a shaft 8.2 metres deep. The third is a less well defined lode to the north. Quartz and quartz-chlorite-sulphide bands alternate in the shear zones.
Mined in 1962 producing 45.86 tonnes of ore at 4.43% Cu.
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9 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| β Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| β Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| β 'Chlorite Group' |
| β Cuprite Formula: Cu2O |
| β 'Feldspar Group' |
| β Galena Formula: PbS |
| β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Cuprite | 4.AA.10 | Cu2O |
| β | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| β | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| β | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
| O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | β Galena | PbS |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | β Cuprite | Cu2O |
| Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | β Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Gascoyne ProvinceGeologic Province
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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