Sunday Hill (Quartz Circle), Ripon Hills District, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Sunday Hill (Quartz Circle) | Hill |
Ripon Hills District | Mining District |
East Pilbara Shire | Shire |
Western Australia | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° 40' 14'' South , 120° 11' 44'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Nullagine | 215 (2014) | 25.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
122332
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:122332:6
GUID (UUID V4):
e51da69a-273d-47ee-8c55-3a4b5c3163e5
Located 35 km north north east of Nullagine.
Near a small tonalitic stock. Zoned Cu-Au and Zn-Pb-Ag-Au, over a distance of 1.5 kilometres laterally away from the stock. The most significant prospect at Quartz Circle is called Igloo, with a non-JORC resource of 0.127 Mt at 4.1% Cu.
The prospect consists of malachite, chalcocite, native copper, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. The chalcopyrite-quartz breccia areas contain significant gold grades.
Miller's prospect is 300 metres to the south of Cu-Au veins. Emperor contains disseminated to semi massive sphalerite-galena rich zones.
Two kilometres to the north is Gold Show Hill consisting of gold bearing quartz veins, hosted by fragmental felsic volcanic rocks, altered to quartz-sericite-pyrite-carbonate. Within the veins is pyrite and arsenopyrite, with pale sphalerite, tetrahredrite, chalcopyrite, acanthite, and galena.
It would appear access is continuing east along a track from the Lionel copper deposit. The Mindat co-ordinates are centred on numerous tracks, minor exploration pits, and bulldozed areas covering several square kilometres. The site is not near the Sunday Hill manganese prospect also listed under this section.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
13 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
β Acanthite Formula: Ag2S |
β Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
β Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
β Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β Copper Formula: Cu |
β Galena Formula: PbS |
β Gypsum Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O |
β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
β 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
β | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
β | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
β | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 Β· 2H2O |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Pilbara CratonCraton
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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