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Deposit Synonyms
Mineral District
Deposit Summary
Deposit Description
The broad geology of the Mount Hope Kaolin Deposit is known from drilling results and an exploration shaft sunk by by Abaleen in 1973. In the area of the deposit the surface is comprised os sands and calcrete of the Bridgewater Formation, or a stratigraphically lower formation comprosing a heavy iron stained and laterised kaolin. Beneath these formations there is a yellow to cream kaolin layer which overlies the white kaolin. Below the white kaolin layer is basement composed of granitic gneiss of the Sleaford Comples. Variation in kaolin content and mineralogy seen in the drilling are thought to reflect the variation in original mineralogy.
Discovery Year
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Commodities
Kaolin, Kaolinised Granite, Halloysite, Kaolinite
Ore Minerals
Gangue Minerals
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