Currawong

Australia· VictoriaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
1.65%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1979

Overview

Massive sulfide lenses and stringers. Not exposed, no gossan. Two lenses dissected by subvertical fault. Six types of ore: Pb-Zn, pyrite Zn, massive pyrite, pyrite-magnetite, footwall stringer, overprinting veins and breccias (remobilized). Back-arc basin or transtensional continental plate margin.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS