Curlew Gold Mine (Red Bluff), Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Curlew Gold Mine (Red Bluff) | - not defined - |
| Tennant Creek | Creek |
| Barkly Region | Region |
| Northern Territory | Territory |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
19° 32' 39'' South , 133° 57' 42'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tennant Creek | 3,889 (2012) | 26.8km |
Curlew relates to a couple of shallow shafts on Red Bluff immediately south of the Red Bluff Trignometric station. The site is 20 kilometres west north-west from Tennant Creek.
Red Bluff is the name used by modern exploration companies, for nearby gold anomalies.
No production records, or history for this minor deposit was found.
Curlew consists of a narrow outcrop of quartz hematite ironstone in the Warramunga sediment formation, on the top of the escarpment. It is hosted in east-west striking siltstone, tuffaceous siltstone, silty tuff, all dipping south, intruded by coarse grained quartz porphyry. Exploration at Curlew found high background gold values from drilling, and weakly anomalous values from rock chip sampling.
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 References: |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- North Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- Warramunga ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- North Australian Craton
- Tennant Creek TerraneShield
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