Updated:  04 January 2007

Paleoproterozoic gold deposits in the Bald Hill and Coyote areas, western Tanami, Western Australia

Leon Bagas1,2, David L. Huston3, James Anderson4, Terrence P. Mernagh3
1Geological Survey of Western Australia
2Centre of Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia
3Geoscience Australia
4Tanami Gold NL

Introduction

The ca 1864 Ma Stubbins Formation is a sequence of turbiditic and mafic volcanic rocks that were informally called the Bald Hill sequence. The formation hosts the Kookaburra and Sandpiper deposits and a number of smaller prospects in the Bald Hill area of Western Australia. The ca 1835 Ma turbiditic Killi Killi Formation hosts the Coyote deposit and several nearby prospects.


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