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Deposit Synonyms
Yalpara
Mineral District
Deposit Summary
6m chimney of massive hematite, cavernous, minor quartz veining in host limey sandy shale beds of the Umberatana group. Drilling identified 1.5m thick iron-rich limey shale at the stratigraphic level of the chimney.
Deposit Description
DEVILS CHIMNEY, 6m high chimney of massive hematite, cavernous in part, dip 60-70 N, with narrow quartz veins. Nearby were four indefinite, limey beds of sandy shale, which also showed surface enrichment. Drilling identified a 1.5 m thick iron-rich limey shale of the Umberatana Group as the stratigraphic equivalent of the chimney, and demonstrate that there was no significant depth extent of massive hematite.
Discovery Year
? 1952
Commodities
Iron
Ore Minerals
Hematite
Gangue Minerals
Quartz
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