Golden Grove (Scuddles)

Australia· Western AustraliaUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1979

Overview

Massive in two stratiform lenses (main and central), stringer zone in envelope of pyrite, 10-15 m thick below main lens, 5-7 m thick below central lens; 130-150 m below surface. Age based on zircon from felsic volcaniclastic unit at Gossan Hill. Resources 26.1 million t @ 1.2% Cu, 6.9% Zn, 0.5% Pb, 0.9 g/t Au, 59 g/t Ag, open at depth.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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