iocg terranes: how does northwest queensland compare? terranes.pdf · to date copper production...
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IOCG Terranes: How does Northwest Queensland Compare?Paul GowJune 2019
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Four key copper-producing IOCG terranes
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Carajás DistrictBrazil NW Queensland
Cloncurry Belt
Eastern Gawler Craton
Andes Coastal BeltChile & Peru
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Peru Chile Carajas Gawler NWQOperational (Current or Historic)
Marcona, Raul-Condestable
Candelaria, Mantoverde, Mantos Blancos, Punta del Cobre, (Plus iron mines Algarrobo, El Romeral, Los Colorados)
Sossego-Sequierinho, Salobo, Igarape Bahia/Alemão, Antas
Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill
Ernest Henry, Osborne, Kulthor, Eloise, Selwyn, MtElliot-Swan-Swell, E1, Monakoff
Development / Exploration
Mina Justa Dominga, Santo Domingo, El Espino, Marimaca?, Productora?
Cristalino, Furnas, PedraBranca, Breves, Paulo Afonso, Gameleira,Grota Funda, GT-46
Carrapateena, Oak Dam, Hillside
Jericho
Key deposits by terrane
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- Olympic Dam is head and shoulders above the field in terms of tonnes and grade
- Eloise, Osborne & Antas are all relatively high grade copper
- Selwyn, Alemão, Osborne are all gold-rich
- Chilean deposits typically low gold, two are essentially copper starter projects for iron mines
Grade-tonnage comparison
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Plot size = (Cu% + Au g/t )* Mt
Candelaria
Manto VerdeSanto Domingo
Dominga
El Espino
Mantos Blancos
Mina …
Raul-Condestable
Olympic Dam
Prominent Hill
Carapateena
Hillside
Salobo
Alemão
Sossego
Cristallino
Estrella
Breves
Pedra Branca
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Boa Esperança
Antas
Furnas
Paulo Afonso
Ernest Henry
Osborne
Eloise
Mt Elliot-SWAN-…
Selwyn
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0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50
Gol
d G
rade
(g/t
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Copper Grade (%)
IOCG Deposits - Copper-Gold Grade-Tonnage Plot
Coastal IOCG BeltGawler CratonCarajásCloncurry Belt
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Size of mineralised terrane
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1000
km
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Olympic DamProminent Hill
Ernest Henry
Osborne
Mt Elliot-SWAN-SWELL
Selwyn
Salobo
Alemão
SequierinhoCristallino
Candelaria
Manto Verde
Santo Domingo
Mantos Blancos
Mina JustaRaul-Condestable
-3000 -2500 -2000 -1500 -1000 -500 0
Age of Mineralisation
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Carajás Gawler Cloncurry Coastal Belt
AGE (Ma)Sossego, Breves?Estrela
(1880 Ma)
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Copper sulphide mineralogy
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Bornite-chalcocite from the Olympic Dam deposit (Ehrig et al, 2017)
ABOVE: Chalcopyrite lamellae in bornite from the Olympic Dam deposit (Ehrig et al, 2017) BELOW: Massive chalcopyrite from the Salobo deposit.
Magnetite, carbonate, biotite with economic chalcopyrite and minor pyrite mineralization. (From Ernest Henry rock type collection.)
High copper species Chalcopyrite-bornite Chalcopyrite
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Iron oxide mineralogy
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Sericitised and silicified corroded volcanic clasts in auriferous earthy hematite breccia (DP002, 200.60 m) from Prominent Hill (Belperio and Freeman, 2004 -PACRIM)
Chalcocite mineralisation within bluish-grey hematite-silica matrix supported breccia (DP003, 463.5 m)from Prominent Hill (Belperio and Freeman, 2004 - PACRIM)
Massive magnetite-chalcopyrite from the Salobo deposit.
hematite hematite magnetite
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Geophysical signatures – potential fields
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Salobo
Carrapateena
Prominent HillSource: Minotaur Presentations
Source: Vella (2013) presentation
Source: Silver Wheaton (2017) NI43-101 report
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Copper sulphide species – Carajás District
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Iron oxide species – Carajás District
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Copper sulphide & Iron Oxide species – Coastal Belt
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Copper sulphide & iron oxide species – Gawler Craton
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Copper sulphide & iron oxide species –Cloncurry Belt
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Pyrite-dominatedSaloboGT-46SossegoPedra BrancaBoa EsperancaCristalinoFurnasGameleiraIgarape Bahia-AlemaoOlympic DamCarrapateenaEmmie BluffHillsideOak Dam
Prominent HillWirrda WellCandelariaDomingaEl EspinoEl RomeralEl SoldadoMantos BlancosMantoverdeMichillaPunitaquiSanto DomingoErnest HenrySelwynMt Elliot
Pyrrhotite-dominatedEstrelaEloiseJericho
Pyrrhotite-pyriteSequierinho-SossegoMina JustaBrevesOsborneKulthor
Iron sulphide mineralogy
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• Manto systems
• Hematite-dominated systems
• Systems with high-copper sulphide species and with low pyrite
Should we be paying more attention to the following in NWQ
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To date copper production from IOCG deposits is dominated by four terranes
Those terranes span the late Archean, the Mesoproterozoic and the Jurassic-Cretaceous periods
In comparing NWQ with other belts:
- The heavily explored area (essentially exposed or shallow cover) of the Cloncurry Belt is still a restricted area compared with the Chilean Coastal Belt.
- The dominant iron oxide mineral in discoveries to date in NWQ is magnetite, and NWQ shows a smaller spread in terms of magnetite-hematite ratio than other terranes.
- Specifically, there are no significant hematite-dominated, high-copper sulphide species deposits known from NWQ. The Gawler examples typically represent a lower temperature, shallower system, can we attempt to track the NWQ Mesoproterozoic rocks under cover to lower metamorphic grade.
Summary
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Dr Paul Gow | Principal Research [email protected]
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