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Data Publication

Major, minor, and trace element lithogeochemistry of the Barney Creek Formation, Carpentaria Province northern Australia

Magnall, Joseph M. | Gleeson, Sarah A. | Hayward, Nicholas | Dalrymple, Iain

GFZ Data Services

(2021)

Descriptions

The Proterozoic Carpentaria province in northern Australia is host to several of the world’s largest clastic dominant (CD-type) massive sulphide deposits. These deposits are mostly hosted primarily in dolomitic silt- and mudstones. The hydrothermal alteration footprint of these CD-type systems is not well constrained, which poses challenges for the targeting of future discoveries. One important aspect to developing alteration models relates to defining the composition of the unaltered protolith to mineralization. In this dataset, we provide whole rock lithogeocheochemical data generated from samples obtained from drill-holes that intersected the mineralization in the Teena subbasin. A small number of samples are from 2 drill-holes from an adjoining subbasin (Myrtle) in the area. The samples were selected from stratigraphy of the Barney Creek Formation and are from the hangingwall to the mineralization in either subbasin. This data report includes bulk rock major, minor, and trace element composition. The data were generated using X-ray fluorescence, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, and LECO analyses. Access to drill cores was granted by Teck Australia (Pty Ltd) and the drill core IDs and depths of individual samples are reported in the data table. For further details see: Magnall et al. (2021 - WHEN AVAILABLE)

Keywords

Originally assigned keywords

lithogeochemistry

CD-type massive sulphide deposit

SEDEX massive sulphide deposit

hydrothermal alteration

Proterozoic

sedimentary basin

Carpentaria Province

EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOCHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES > CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS

EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS > SEDIMENTARY ROCKS > SEDIMENTARY ROCK FORMATION

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords

Proterozoic

MSL enriched keywords

Precambrian

Proterozoic

unconsolidated sediment

clastic sediment

silt

equipment

x-ray spectrometer

x-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Equipment

borehole drilling

drill core

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry

geo-energy test beds

Source

https://dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/panmetaworks/showshort.php?id=12489d3f-6d43-11eb-9603-497c92695674

Source publisher

GFZ Data Services

DOI

10.5880/gfz.3.1.2021.001

Creators

Magnall, Joseph M.

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7868-3038

Gleeson, Sarah A.

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany | Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5314-4281

Hayward, Nicholas

Teck Australia Pty Ltd, Perth, WA 6872, Australia

Dalrymple, Iain

Teck Australia Pty Ltd, Perth, WA 6872, Australia

Contributors

Magnall, Joseph M.

ContactPerson

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

References

10.7185/geochemlet.2008

Citation

Magnall, J. M., Gleeson, S. A., Hayward, N., & Dalrymple, I. (2021). Major, minor, and trace element lithogeochemistry of the Barney Creek Formation, Carpentaria Province northern Australia [Data set]. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.1.2021.001

Dates

Issued:

2021

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International