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Mount Isa, Mt Isa, Zinc |
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Queensland, Qld, Australia |
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Zn Pb Ag
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The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2017.
Record last updated: 19/04/2019
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below. © Copyright Porter GeoConsultancy Pty Ltd. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, storage or dissemination prohibited.
Mt Isa Zinc
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Bell, T.H. and Hickey, K.A., 1998 - Multiple deformations with successive subvertical and subhorizontal axial planes in the Mount Isa region: their impact on geometric development and significance for mineralization and exploration: in Econ. Geol. v.93, pp. 1369-1389.
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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
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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.
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Blaikie, T.N., Betts, P.G., Armit, R.J. and Ailleres, L., 2017 - The ca. 1740-1710 Ma Leichhardt Event: Inversion of a continental rift and revision of the tectonic evolution of the North Australian Craton: in Precambrian Research v.292, pp. 75-92
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Chapman L H, 2004 - Geology and Mineralization Styles of the George Fisher Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Mount Isa, Australia: in Econ. Geol. v99 pp 233-255
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Conaghan, E.L., Hannan, K.W. and Tolman, J. 2003 - Mount Isa Cu and Pb-Zn-Ag deposits, NW Queensland Australia: in Regolith Expression of Australian Ore Systems - A compilation of geochemical case histories and conceptual models CRC LEME online, http://crcleme.org.au/RegExpOre/MtIsa.pdf, 3p.
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Davis, T.P., 2004 - Mine-Scale Structural Controls on the Mount Isa Zn-Pb-Ag and Cu Orebodies: in Econ. Geol. v.99, pp. 543-559.
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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
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Finlow-Bates T, 1979 - Cyclicity in the lead-zinc-silver-bearing sediments at Mount Isa mine, Queensland, Australia, and rates of sulfide accumulation: in Econ. Geol. v74 pp 1408-1419
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Forrestal P J 1990 - Mount Isa and Hilton silver-lead-zinc deposits: in Hughes FE (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 14, v1 pp 927-934
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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.
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Gibson, G.M., Meixner, A.J., Withnall, I.W., Korsch, R.J., Hutton, L.J., Jones, L.E.A., Holzschuh, J., Costelloe, R.D., Henson, P.A. and Saygin, E., 2016 - Basin architecture and evolution in the Mount Isa mineral province, northern Australia: Constraints from deep seismic reflection profiling and implications for ore genesis: in Ore Geology Reviews v.76, pp. 414-441.
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Gregory M J, Schaefer B F, Keays R R and Wilde A R, 2008 - Rhenium–osmium systematics of the Mount Isa copper orebody and the Eastern Creek Volcanics, Queensland, Australia: implications for ore genesis: in Mineralium Deposita v.43 pp. 553-573
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Heinrich, C.A., Andrew, A.S., Wilkins, R.W.T. Patterson D J 1989 - A fluid inclusion and stable isotope study of synmetamorphic Copper ore formation at Mount Isa, Australia: in Econ. Geol. v.84, pp. 529-550.
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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.
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Leach D L, Bradley D C, Huston D, Pisarevsky S A, Taylor R D and Gardoll S J, 2010 - Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits in Earth History : in Econ. Geol. v.105 pp. 593-625
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Lilly, R., Taylor, D. and Spanswick, N. 2017 - Mount Isa Cu-Pb-Zn deposit including George Fisher: in Phillips, G.N., 2017 Australian Ore Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mono 32, pp. 473-478.
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Mathias B V, Clark G J 1975 - Mount Isa copper and silver-lead-zinc orebodies - Isa and Hilton mines: in Knight C L, (Ed.), 1975 Economic Geology of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 5 pp 351-372
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McGoldrick P J, Keays R R 1990 - Mount Isa Copper and Lead-Zinc-Silver ores: coincidence or cogenesis?: in Econ. Geol. v85 pp 641-650
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McLellan, J.G., O Sullivan, R., Miller, B. and Taylor, D., 2014 - Geomechanical Modelling of the Mount Isa Copper Deposit - Predicting Mineralisation: in Ninth International Mining Geology Conference, Adelaide, S.A., 18-20 August, 2014, Mining geology through the value chain, The AusIMM and Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Proceedings, pp. 197-205.
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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
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Page R W, Conor C H H, Stevens B P J, Gibson G M, Preiss W V and Southgate P N 2005 - Correlation of Olary and Broken Hill Domanins, Curnamona Province, Australia: Possible Relationship to Mount Isa and Other North Australian Pb-Zn-Ag-Bearing Successions: in Econ. Geol. v100 pp 663-676
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Painter, M.G.M., Golding, S.D., Hannan, K.W. and Neudert, M.K., 1999 - Sedimentologic, petrographic, and Sulfur isotope constraints on fine-grained pyrite formation at Mount Isa mine and environs, northwest Queensland, Australia: in Econ. Geol. v.94, pp. 883-912.
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Perkins W G 1998 - Timing of formation of Proterozoic stratiform fine-grained Pyrite: Post-diagenetic cleavage replacement at Mount Isa?: in Econ. Geol. v93 pp 1153-1164
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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
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Perkins, W.G., 1997 - Mount Isa lead-zinc orebodies: Replacement lodes in a zoned syndeformational copper-lead-zinc system?: in Ore Geology Reviews v.12, pp. 61-110.
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Polito, P.A., Kyser, T.K., Southgate, P.N. and Jackson, M.J., 2006 - Sandstone Diagenesis in the Mount Isa Basin: An Isotopic and Fluid Inclusion Perspective in Relation to District-Wide Zn, Pb, and Cu Mineralization: in Econ. Geol. v.101, pp. 1159-1188.
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Smith W D 1975 - Black Rock secondary copper orebody - Mount Isa, Q: in Knight C L, (Ed.), 1975 Economic Geology of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne Mono 5 pp 1033-1039
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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
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