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Ernest Henry
Queensland, Qld, Australia
Main commodities: Cu Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2011.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Ernest Henry

    Selected References
Anonymous  2022 - Ernest Henry Cu-Au deposit: in   Northwest Mineral Province Deposit Atlas Prototype - Chapter 3, University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute,   https://smi.uq.edu.au/files/36554/Atlas_Prototype _Ch3_ErnestHenry.pdf, pp. 39-68.
Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Mark, G., Lister, G.S., Goleby, B.R. and Ailleres, L.,  2006 - Synthesis of the Proterozoic evolution of the Mt Isa Inlier: in    Australian J. of Earth Sciences   v.53, pp. 187-211.
Cave, B.W., Lilly, R., Glorie, S. and Gillespie, J.,  2018 - Geology, Apatite Geochronology, and Geochemistry of the Ernest Henry Inter-lens: Implications for a Re-Examined Deposit Model: in    Minerals (MDPI)   v.8, doi:10.3390/min8090405.
Collier P A and Bryant J D,  2003 - Successful Mineral Resource Development at the Ernest Henry Copper-Gold Mine, NW Queensland: in   5th International Mining Geology Conference, Bendigo, Vic, 17-19 November, 2003 The AusIMM, Melbourne,    Conference Proceedings,  pp 73-88
Corriveau, L., Montreuil, J.-F., Blein, O., Ehrig, K., Potter, E.G., Fabris. A. and Clark, J.,  2022 - Mineral systems with IOCG and affiliated deposits: Part 2 - geochemical footprints: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 159-204.
Corriveau, L., Montreuil, J.-F., Potter, E.G, Blein, O. and De Toni, A.F.,  2022 - Mineral systems with IOCG and affiliated deposits: Part 3 - metal pathways and ore deposit model,: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 205-245.
Corriveau, L., Montreuil, J.-F., Potter, E.G., Ehrig, K., Clark, J.M., Mumin, A.H. and Williams, P.J.,  2022 - Mineral systems with IOCG and affiliated deposits: Part 1 - metasomatic footprints of alteration facies: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 113-158.
Craske T E  1995 - Geological aspects of the discovery of the Ernest Henry Cu-Au deposit, northwest Queensland: in    Australian Institute of Geoscientists   Bull. 16 pp 95-109
Derrick G M  1996 - The geophysical approach to metallogeny of the Mt Isa Inlier - what sort of orebody do you want: in    Proc The AusIMM Annual Conference, Perth, 24-28 March, 1996 The AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 349-366
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.
Haynes D W,  2000 - Iron Oxide Copper (-Gold) Deposits: Their Position in the Ore Deposit Spectrum and Modes of Origin: in Porter T M (Ed), 2000 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold & Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.1 pp. 71-90
Kendrick, M.A., Mark, G. and Phillips, D.,  2007 - Mid-crustal fluid mixing in a Proterozoic Fe oxide-Cu-Au deposit, Ernest Henry, Australia: Evidence from Ar, Kr, Xe, Cl, Br, and I: in    Earth and Planetary Science Letters   v.256, pp. 328-343.
Mark, G., Oliver, H.S., Williams, P.J., Valenta, R.K. and Crookes, R.,  2000 - The hydrothermal evolution of the Ernest Henry Fe-Oxide (Cu-Au) system: in Porter T M (Ed), 2000 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold & Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.1, pp. 123-136.
Mark, G., Oliver, N.H.S. and Williams, P.J.,  2006 - Mineralogical and chemical evolution of the Ernest Henry Fe oxide-Cu-Au ore system, Cloncurry district, northwest Queensland, Australia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.40, pp. 769-801.
Mark, G., Wilde, A., Oliver, N.H.S., Williams, P.J. and Ryan, C.G.,  2005 - Modeling outflow from the Ernest Henry Fe oxide Cu-Au deposit: implications for ore genesis and exploration : in    J. of Geochemical Exploration   v.85, pp. 31-46.
Oliver N H S, Rubenach M J, Fu B, Baker T, Blenkinsop T G, Cleverley J S, Marshall L J and Ridd P J,  2006 - Granite-related overpressure and volatile release in the mid crust: fluidized breccias from the Cloncurry District, Australia: in    Geofluids   v.6 pp. 346-358
Rusk B, Oliver N, Blenkinsop T, Zhang D, Williams P, Cleverley J and Habermann P,  2010 - Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper Gold Deposit, Australia; Implications for IOCG Genesis;: in Porter T M, (Ed), 2010 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.3 pp. 201-218
Ryan A J  1998 - Ernest Henry copper-gold deposit: in Berkman D A, Mackenzie D H (Eds),  Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits The AusIMM, Melbourne    pp 759-768.
Schlegel, T.U., Birchall, R., Shelton, T.D. and Austin, J.R.,  2022 - Mapping the mineral zonation at the Ernest Henry iron oxide copper-gold deposit: vectoring to Cu-Au mineralization using modal mineralogy : in    Econ. Geol.   v.117, pp. 485-494.
Schlegel, T.U., Wagner, T. and Fusswinkel, T.,  2020 - Fluorite as indicator mineral in iron oxide-copper-gold systems: Explaining the IOCG deposit diversity: in    Chemical Geology   v.548, doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119674.
Smith R J,  2002 - Geophysics of Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits: in Porter T M (Ed.), 2002 Hydrothermal Iron Oxide Copper-Gold and Related Deposits: A Global Perspective, PGC Publishing, Adelaide   v.2 pp. 357-367
Webb M, Rowston P, Donohue J  1996 - The geophysics of the Ernest Henry Cu-Au deposit (NW) Qld: in    James Cook Univ. of N Qld, Econ. Geol. Res. Unit, Contributions   no. 55 pp 143-145
Williams P J  1998 - An introduction to the metallogeny of the McArthur River-Mt Isa-Cloncurry Minerals Province: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1120-1131
Williams P J, Barton M D, Johnson D A, Fontbote L, de Haller A, Mark G, Oliver N H S and Marschik R,  2005 - Iron oxide copper-gold deposits: Geology, space-time distribution and possible modes of origin: in Hedenquist J W, Thompson J F H, Goldfarb R J and Richards J P (Eds.), 2005 Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, Society of Economic Geologists, Denver,    pp 371-405
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.
Williams, P.J.,  2022 - Magnetite-group IOCGs with special reference to Cloncurry (NW Queensland) and northern Sweden: settings, alteration, deposit characteristics, fluid sources and their relationship to apatite-rich iron ores: in Corriveau, L., Potter, E.G. and Mumin, A.H., (Eds.), 2022 Mineral systems with iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and affiliated deposits, Geological Association of Canada,   Special Paper 52, pp. 53-68.
Zhu, Z.,  2016 - Gold in iron oxide copper-gold deposits: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.72, pp. 37-42.


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