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Zircon from
Carrapateena Project (Carrapateena Deposit), Pernatty, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Project
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Carrapateena Project (Carrapateena Deposit), Pernatty, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:963640
Long-form Identifier:1:3:963640:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
39.2km (24.3 miles) ⓘGroundhog skarn, South Gap, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
Vella, L., & Cawood, M. (2012). Geophysical characteristics of the Carrapateena iron-oxide copper-gold deposit. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2012(1), 1-4.
Tiddy, Caroline, Zivak, Diana, Hill, June, Giles, David, Hodgkison, Jim, Neumann, Mitchell, Brotodewo, Adrienne (2021) Monazite as an Exploration Tool for Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Mineralisation in the Gawler Craton, South Australia. Minerals, 11 (8) 809 doi:10.3390/min11080809
Cave, Bradley, Lilly, Richard, Hand, Martin, Varga, Jan, Light, Shaun, Leslie, Dana, North, Brooke, Park, Josiah, Klingberg, Laura (2024) A temporal framework for the Carrapateena Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) deposit, Eastern Gawler Craton, South Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 169. 106092 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106092
Habibi, Zina; Cook, Nigel J.; Ehrig, Kathy; Ciobanu, Cristiana L.; Campo-Rodriguez, Yuri T.; King, Samuel A. (2025) Minor and Trace Elements in Copper Tailings: A Mineralogical and Geometallurgical Approach to Identify and Evaluate New Opportunities. Minerals, 15 (10). doi:10.3390/min15101018
 
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