South Hercules

Australia· TasmaniaUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
0.10%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
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Overview

Disseminated, semi-disseminated, semi-massive sulfide lens, 1 km S of Hercules deposit along strike. Faults offset host rocks as much as 100 m to the west. Zaw and Large (1992) believes this is a subseafloor feeder or replacement deposit with some metamorphic remobilization. Extensional basin in an arc-continental collision zone.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

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Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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