| Location: | Western Australia, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -16.7114, 128.38302 |
| dep_id: | 10084817 |
| mrds_id: | W700029 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Diamond |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| gangue: | Enstatite, Leucite, Olivine, Phlogopite |
| orebody_fm: | PIPE -ELONGATED DIATREME, NORTH END IS BOWL SHAPED |
| ore_ctrl: | Halls Creek Fault Intersection With Ivanhoe Fault |
| Reporter: | Bliss, James D., Preston, W. |
| hrock_unit: | Revolver Creek Formation Sandstone, Siltstone, Shale;Carr Boyd Group Sandstone, Siltstone, Shale |
| hrock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Lamprophyre |
| arock_unit: | Lamboo Complex Granite, Granodiorite, Metamorphic Rocks |
| arock_type: | Sand and Gravel |
| Structure: | Halls Creek Mobile Zone, Pipe Along Splay Fault Of Glenhill Fault |
| tectonic: | Proterozoic Fold Belt Along East Margin Of Kimberley Block Craton |
| Year first produced: | 1983 |
| disc_yr: | 1979 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: JAQUES, A.L., LEWIS, J.D., AND SMITH, C.B., 1986, THE KIMBERLITES AND LAMPROITES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BULLETIN 132, 268 P.
- Deposit:: DOW, D.B., AND GEMUTS, I., 1969, GEOLOGY OF THE KIMBERLEY REGION, WEST AUSTRALIA: THE EAST KIMBERLY: AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS BULLETIN 106, 135 P.
- Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1985, NEW DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS: MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, V. 12, NO. 7, P. 1-2.
- Production:: AUSTRALI* MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1985.
- Reserve-Resource:: JAQUES AND OTHERS, 1986.
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