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McCarthy Find (McCarthy's Find; Koorabooka Creek; Kurabuka Creek), Mount Augustus area, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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McCarthy Find (McCarthy's Find; Koorabooka Creek; Kurabuka Creek)- not defined -
Mount Augustus areaMountain (Near to)
Upper Gascoyne ShireShire
Western AustraliaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
24° 5' 5'' South , 116° 43' 59'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-24.08480,116.73312
GeoHash:
G#: qeenbr6ry
GRN:
S17E75
KΓΆppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
126050
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:126050:5
GUID (UUID V4):
6eb8d81f-4003-4fff-a27e-d6884a4b5c34


Located 1 km south west of Deep Well.

Discovered by Cue prospector D Lambie around 1920. Lambie stated the deposit was silver-lead from a hill of marble, at the side of Kurabuka Creek, 20 kilometres north-east of the junction of the Frederick and Lyons Rivers. Lambie claims he had discovered gold, silver, copper, lead, rubies and other mineral wealth/precious stones. The rubies at least are unlikely and could have been garnets. Two specimens were sent to Perth showing quartz and galena. They were assayed with the first showing 41% lead, 14oz silver and a trace of gold. The second was 44.75% lead, 15oz silver and a trace of gold.

Officially the deposit contains limonite, anglesite, covellite, chrysocolla, malachite, smithsonite, and hydrozincite, with crystalline argentiferous galena, dark iron rich sphalerite, and siderite. This is associated with a east trending 0.6 metres wide shear zone, containing 5-10% galena. Mineralisation is in pods and stringers in joint planes, in the flat lying Irregully Formation dolomite, in the axis of the Woolshed Syncline.

Four small pits and one drive form the historic workings. Explored by Westfield 1961-1967, and Newcrest 1990-1991.

The Mindat co-ordinates are approximate.

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13 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
β“˜ Beidellite
Formula: (Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
β“˜ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
β“˜ Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
β“˜ Covellite
Formula: CuS
β“˜ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
β“˜ Galena
Formula: PbS
β“˜ Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
β“˜ 'Limonite'
β“˜ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
β“˜ Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
β“˜ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
β“˜Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
β“˜Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
β“˜Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
β“˜Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
β“˜Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
β“˜Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
β“˜Hydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Beidellite9.EC.40(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 Β· nH2O
β“˜Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 Β· nH2O, x < 1
Unclassified
β“˜'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ Beidellite(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Hβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Hβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Cβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cβ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
Cβ“˜ SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AnglesitePbSO4
Oβ“˜ Beidellite(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Oβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Oβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Oβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Oβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
Oβ“˜ SmithsoniteZnCO3
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ Beidellite(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ Beidellite(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Alβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ Beidellite(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Siβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ AnglesitePbSO4
Sβ“˜ CovelliteCuS
Sβ“˜ GalenaPbS
Sβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ Beidellite(Na,Ca0.5)0.3Al2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Caβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cuβ“˜ CovelliteCuS
Cuβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Znβ“˜ HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Znβ“˜ SmithsoniteZnCO3
Znβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pbβ“˜ AnglesitePbSO4
Pbβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Pbβ“˜ GalenaPbS

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References

The Western Mail newspaper (Perth) (1920) Lambie's Find. Report by State Mining Engineer (21 Oct 1920).
Ferguson, K. M. (1999) Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 15. Geological Survey of Western Australia
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