MICRO-XRF MAPPING AND TIMA AUTOMATED MINERALOGY ANALYSIS FOR PB-ZN-AG AND CU DEPOSITS OF NW QUEENSLAND - DATA PACKAGE

URL: https://geoscience.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/cr146109

The GSQ Reference Collection project aims to build up a comprehensive systematic physical and virtual reference collection of samples and associated geological data characterising signatures and footprints of the major mineral systems and their key deposit types and styles in NW and NE Queensland. The workflow developed by GSQ is a systematic multi-analytical approach to cover a wide range of scales, from core to macro and microscale. This current data release contains micro-XRF imaging (Maia and Tornado) and TIMA automated mineralogy analysis data for samples from Pb-Zn-Ag and Cu deposits of the Mount Isa Province in NW Queensland. These elemental and mineral phase maps generated by cutting-edge analytical techniques provide invaluable insights into the elemental distribution, modal composition, textural relationships of mineral phases, and their paragenesis within individual deposits and across deposit types of the Mount Isa Province.

ISSN: 2206-0340 ISBN: 978-1-9256-0949-3

Bibliographic reference: Elena Belousova, Andrew G. Christy, Alkis Kontonikas-Charos, Lisa Kearney, Al-Tamini Tapu and Vladimir Lisitsin, 2023. Micro-XRF mapping and TIMA mineral liberation analysis for Pb-Zn-Ag and Cu deposits of NW Queensland – Data package. GSQ Technical Notes 2023/03.