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id 1925327
igsn 10273/AU1925327
sample_id 2006080001
eno 620220
sampling_feature_name 2006080001
sampling_feature_type borehole
sample_type core
sampling_method core diamond
material_class rock
stratigraphic_unit None
geological_province Warramunga Province
sample_remark Felsic porphyry was sampled in the area of the abandoned Peko Mines smelter, 35 km NW of Tennant Creek. The porphyry in this area forms a semi-conformable layer within poorly sorted sandstone assigned to the Warramunga Formation (Donnellan et al., 1995). The upper contact of the porphyry is highly irregular, with the porphyry containing wisps and rounded inclusions of sandstone, and the sandstone containing euhedral crystals, lobes and blebs of porphyry. These contacts are interpreted to reflect intrusion of a porphyry sill into wet, unconsolidated sediments, and thus the age of this intrusion approximates the timing of sedimentation. A sample of porphyry was taken from drill core, with care taken to exclude inclusions of sedimentary material.
earth_materials Y
structural_measurements None
inorganic_geochemistry Y
organic_geochemistry None
geochronology Y
isotope_groups Y
hydrochemistry None
rock_properties None
mineralogy None
thin_sections None
repository_samples Y
mineral_deposit_samples None
mineral_deposit_waste_samples None
linked_files None
other_geological_data Y
project_name None
gda94_longitude 133.9361209
gda94_latitude -19.453228
sample_originator Maidment, D.W.
date_acquired None
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