Copper and cobalt mineralization from the Desolation prospect, Mount Isa Block, Queensland

Vera Munro-Smith; Peter Leverett; Matthew J. Sciberras; James L. Sharpe; Peter A. Williams; Erik B. Melchiorre

Copper and cobalt mineralization from the Desolation prospect, Mount Isa Block, Queensland

Vera Munro-Smith, Peter Leverett, Matthew J. Sciberras, James L. Sharpe, Peter A. Williams, Erik B. Melchiorre

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Abstract

The Desolation prospect, some 50 km south of Cloncurry, north-west Queensland, is host to a remarkable array of secondary cobalt and copper arsenate and phosphate minerals, including the comparatively rare species clinoclase, Cu3AsO4(OH)3, and the secondary cobalt minerals heterogenite–3R, CoOOH, and erythrite, Co3(AsO4)2.8H2O. Excellent micro- and hand specimens of these species can be collected in dump material and on joints in cherts adjacent to an oxidized, fault-hosted sulphide body. While elevated Co values can be traced to Co- and Ni-rich pyrite, the origin of As in the secondary suite is unclear.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-86
Number of pages	4
Journal	Australian Journal of Mineralogy
Volume	17
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Cloncurry (Qld.)
geology
Desolation mine
mineralogy

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Copper and cobalt mineralization from the Desolation prospect, Mount Isa Block, Queensland

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