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Starra-Selwyn (Mt Dore, Merlin)
Queensland, Qld, Australia
Main commodities: Cu Au Mo




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2014.     Record last updated: 29/08/2016
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Mt Dore

Mt Elliott

Starra 257

Starra 222

Starra 276

    Selected References
Adshead-Bell N S  1998 - Evolution of the Starra and Selwyn high-strain zones, Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier: implications for Au-Cu mineralization: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1450-1462
Adshead-Bell N S  1998 - Evolution of the Starra and Selwyn high-strain zones, Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier: Implications for Cu-Au mineralisation: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1450-1462
Brown M and Porter T M,  2010 - The Mount Elliott IOCG System, Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier, Northwest Queensland: in Porter T M, (Ed), 2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.3 pp. 219-232
Duncan R J, Hitzman M W, Nelson E P and Togtokhbayar O,  2014 - Structural and Lithological Controls on Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits of the Southern Selwyn-Mount Dore Corridor, Eastern Fold Belt, Queensland, Australia : in    Econ. Geol.   v.109 pp. 419-456
Duncan RJ, Stein HJ, Evans KA, Hitzman MW, Nelson EP and Kirwin DJ,  2011 - A New Geochronological Framework for Mineralization and Alteration in the Selwyn-Mount Dore Corridor, Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier, Australia: Genetic Implications for Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits : in    Econ. Geol.   v106 pp. 169-192
Fortowski D B, McCracken S J A  1998 - Mount Elliott copper-gold deposit: in Berkman D A, Mackenzie D H (Eds),  Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits The AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 775-782
Foster, D.R.W. and Austin, J.R.,  2008 - The 1800-1610 Ma stratigraphic and magmatic history of the Eastern Succession, Mount Isa Inlier, and correlations with adjacent Paleoproterozoic terranes: in    Precambrian Research   v.163, pp. 7-30.
Kary G L, Harley R A  1990 - Selwyn copper-gold deposits: in Hughes F E (Ed),  Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   v1 pp 955-960
Rotherham J F,  1997 - A metasomatic origin for the iron-oxide Au-Cu Starra orebodies, Eastern Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier : in    Mineralium Deposita   v32,  pp 205-218
Rotherham J F, Blake K L, Cartwright I, Williams P J  1998 - Stable isotope evidence for the origin of the Mesoproterozoic Starra Au-Cu deposit, Cloncurry district, northwest Queensland: in     Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1435-1449.
Rotherham J, Blake K L  1998 - Stable isotope evidence for the origin of the Mesoproterozoic Starra Au-Cu deposit, Cloncurry district, Northwest Queensland: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1435-1449
Shiqi Wang and Williams P J  2001 - Geochemistry and origin of Proterozoic skarns at the Mount Elliott Cu-Au(-Co-Ni) deposit, Cloncurry district, NW Queensland, Australia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v36 pp 109-124
Shiqi Wang, Williams P J  1996 - The alteration and mineralisation styles of a skarn hosted Mount Elliott Cu-Au deposit and adjacent SWAN prospect, Cloncurry district: in Baker T, et. al. (Eds),  MIC 96, New Developments in Metallogenic Research, The McArthur-Mt Isa-Cloncurry Minerals Province EGRU Contribution 55 (Townsville, Qld)    pp 139-142
Sleigh D W W,  2002 - The Selwyn Line tabular iron-copper-gold system, Mount Isa Inlier, NW Queensland, Australia: in Porter T M (Ed), 2002 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold & Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing,    v2, pp. 77-93
Williams P J, Guoyi Dong, Ryan C G, Pollard P J, Rotherham J F, Mernagh T P, Chapman L H  2001 - Geochemistry of hypersaline fluid inclusions from the Starra (Fe oxide)-Au-Cu deposit, Cloncurry district, Queensland: in    Econ. Geol.   v96 pp 875-883
Williams, P. J., Kendrick, M.A. and Xavier, R.P.,  2010 - Sources of Ore Fluid Components in IOCG Deposits: in Porter T M, (Ed), 2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.3, pp. 107-116.
Williams, P.J. and Pollard, P.J.,  2003 - Australian Proterozoic Iron Oxide-Cu-Au Deposits: An Overview with New Metallogenic and Exploration Data from the Cloncurry District, Northwest Queensland: in    Exploration & Mining Geology, CIM   v.10, No. 3, pp. 191-213.


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