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McArthur River, HYC, Teena, Myrtle, Cooley, Ridge, Coxco
Northern Territory, NT, Australia
Main commodities: Zn Pb Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2016.     Record last updated: 31/03/2017
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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McArthur River, HYC

    Selected References
Ahmad, M., Dunster, J.N. and Munson, T.J.,  2013 - McArthur Basin: in Ahmad M and Munson TJ (compilers)  Geology and mineral resources of the Northern Territory Northern Territory Geological Survey   Special Publication 5 pp. 15:1-15:72
Betts P G, Giles D, Lister G S  2003 - Tectonic environment of shale-hosted massive sulfide Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Proterozoic northeastern Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v98 pp 557-576
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.
Blaikie, T.N. and Kunzmann, M.,  2020 - Geophysical interpretation and tectonic synthesis of the Proterozoic southern McArthur Basin, northern Australia: in    Precambrian Research   v.343, 23p. doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105728.
Chen, J., Walter, M.R., Logan, G.A., Hinman, M.C. and Summons, R.E.,  2003 - The Paleoproterozoic McArthur River (HYC) Pb/Zn/Ag deposit of northern Australia: organic geochemistry and ore genesis: in    Earth and Planetary Science Letters   v.210, pp. 467-479.
Cooke D R, Bull S W, Donovan S, Rogers J R  1998 - K-metasomatism and base metal depletion in volcanic rocks from the McArthur Basin, Northern Territory - implications for base metal mineralization: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1237-1263
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
Eldridge C S, Williams N, Walshe J L  1993 - Sulfur isotope variability in sediment-hosted massive Sulfide deposits as determined using the Ion Microprobe SHRIMP: II. A study of the H.Y.C. deposit at McArthur River, Northern Territory, Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v88 pp 1-26
Gianfriddo, C., Bull, S.W. and Andrews, M.,  2022 - The Rosie pyrite hydrothermal system in the McArthur Basin: tectonosedimentary constraints on mineralization and alkali metasomatism in stratiform sediment-hosted sulfide deposits of northern Australia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.57, pp. 377-398.
Gibson, G.M., Hutton, L.J. and Holzschuh, J.,  2017 - Basin inversion and supercontinent assembly as drivers of sediment-hosted Pb-Zn mineralization in the Mount Isa region, northern Australia: in    Journal of the Geological Society   v.174, pp. 773-786.
Huston, D.L., Champion, D.C., Czarnota, K., Duan, J., Hutchens, M., Paradis, S., Hoggard, M., Ware, B., Gibson, G.M. Doublier, M.P., Kelley, K., McCafferty, A., Hayward, N., Richards, F., Tessalina, S. and Carr, G.,  2023 - Zinc on the edge - isotopic and geophysical evidence that cratonic edges control world-class shale-hosted zinc-lead deposits: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.58, pp. 707-729.
Ireland T, Large RR, McGoldrick P, Blake M  2004 - Spatial Distribution Patterns of Sulfur Isotopes, Nodular Carbonate and Ore Textures in the McArthur River (HYC) Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Northern Territory, Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v99 pp 1687-1709
Ireland, T., Bull, S.W. and Large, R. R.,  2004 - Mass flow sedimentology within the HYC Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Northern Territory, Australia: evidence for syn-sedimentary ore genesis: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.39, pp. 143-158.
Kunzmann, M., Schmid, S., Blaikie, T.N. and Halverson, G.P.,  2019 - Facies analysis, sequence stratigraphy, and carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of a classic Zn-Pb host succession: The Proterozoic middle McArthur Group, McArthur Basin, Australia: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.106, pp. 150-175. doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.01.011.
Large R R, Bull S W, Cooke D R, McGoldrick P J  1998 - A genetic model for the HYC deposit, Australia: based on regional sedimentology, geochemistry and sulfide-sediment relationships: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1345-1368
Large, R.R., Bull, S.W. and Winefield, P.R.,  2001 - Carbon and Oxygen isotope halo in Carbonates related to the McArthur River (HYC) Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, North Australia: implications for sedimentation, ore genesis, and mineral exploration: in    Econ. Geol.   v.96, pp. 1567-1593.
Logan R G, Murray W J Williams N  1990 - HYC silver-lead-zinc deposit, McArthur River: in Hughes FE (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 14, v1 pp 907-911
Magnall, J.M., Wirth, R., Hayward, N., Gleeson, S.A. and Schreiber, A.,  2023 - Stratiform Host-Rock Replacement via Self-Sustaining Reactions in a Clastic-Dominated (CD-type) Zn Deposit: in    Econ. Geol.   v.118, pp. 823-836. doi:https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4988.
Murray W J  1975 - McArthur River H.Y.C. lead-zinc and related deposits, N.T.: in Knight C L, (Ed.), 1975 Economic Geology of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 5 pp 329-339
Page R W  1981 - Depositional ages of the stratiform base metal deposits at Mount Isa and McArthur River, Australia, based on U-Pb Zircon dating of concordant tuff horizons: in    Econ. Geol.   v76 pp 648-658
Perkins W G, Bell T H  1998 - Stratiform replacement lead-zinc deposits: a comparison between Mt Isa, Hilton and McArthur River: in    Econ. Geol.   v93 pp 1190-1212
Plumb K A, Ahmad M, Wygralak A S  1990 - Mid-Proterozoic basins of the North Australian Craton - regional geology and mineralisation (full paper): in Hughes F E (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 14, v1 pp 881-902
Polito, P.A., Kyser, T.K. and Jackson, M.J.,  2006 - The Role of Sandstone Diagenesis and Aquifer Evolution in the Formation of Uranium and Zinc-Lead Deposits, Southern McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.101, pp. 1189-1209.
Porter, T.M.,  2017 - McArthur River Zn-Pb-Ag deposit: in Phillips, G.N., (Ed.), 2017 Australian Ore Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,   Mono 32, pp. 479-482.
Rye D M, Williams N  1981 - Studies of the base metal sulfide deposits at McArthur River, Northern Territory, Australia: III. The stable isotope geochemistry of the H.Y.C., and Cooley deposits.: in    Econ. Geol.   v76 pp 1-26
Spinks, S.C., Pearce, M.A., Liu, W., Kunzmann, M., Ryan, C.G., Moorhead, G.F., Kirkham, R., Blaikie, T., Sheldon, H.A., Schaubs, P.M. and Rickard, W.D.A.,  2021 - Carbonate Replacement as the Principal Ore Formation Process in the Proterozoic McArthur River (HYC) Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Deposit, Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.116, pp. 693-718. doi:10.5382/econgeo.4793.
Symons D T A,  2007 - Paleomagnetism of the HYC Zn-Pb SEDEX Deposit, Australia: Evidence of an Epigenetic Origin: in    Econ. Geol.   v102 pp 1295-1310
Walker R N, Gulson B, Smith J  1983 - The Coxco Deposit - a Proterozoic Mississippi Valley-type deposit in the McArthur River district, Northern Territory, Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v78 pp 214-249
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
Yang, J., Bull, S. and Large, R.,  2004 - Numerical investigation of salinity in controlling ore-forming fluid transport in sedimentary basins: example of the HYC deposit, Northern Australia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.39, pp. 622-631.


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