Mine detail: Argyle Ak-1

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.7114, 128.38303

Resource(N)

Primary:	Diamond
Gangue:	Enstatite, Leucite, Olivine, Phlogopite
Orebody form:	PIPE -ELONGATED DIATREME, NORTH END IS BOWL SHAPED
Discovery year:	1979

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1983

Geology

Host rock:	Revolver Creek Formation Sandstone, Siltstone, Shale;Carr Boyd Group Sandstone, Siltstone, Shale
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Lamprophyre
Associated rock:	Lamboo Complex Granite, Granodiorite, Metamorphic Rocks
Associated 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

References

MRDS	W700029
DEP	10084817
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Bliss, James D., Preston, W.