Yilgarn Craton
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The Yilgarn Craton is an ancient, mineral-rich geological core of Western Australia renowned for hosting some of the world’s largest gold and nickel deposits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yilgarn Craton canonical | 4 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Archean craton
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craton ⓘ geological province ⓘ |
| areaApproximate | >1,000,000 square kilometres ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Albany–Fraser Orogen to the south
NERFINISHED
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Officer Basin to the east NERFINISHED ⓘ Perth Basin to the west ⓘ |
| compositionIncludes |
gneiss
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granite-greenstone terranes ⓘ granitoid rocks ⓘ |
| contains |
Eastern Goldfields Province
NERFINISHED
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Kalgoorlie Terrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurnalpi Terrane NERFINISHED ⓘ Murchison Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Cross Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Youanmi Terrane NERFINISHED ⓘ greenstone belts ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
major contributor to Australian mineral production
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major mining region of Western Australia ⓘ |
| extendsTo |
central Western Australia
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eastern Western Australia ⓘ southwestern Western Australia ⓘ |
| formationProcess | accretion of Archean terranes ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Archean Eon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosts |
banded iron formations
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komatiite-associated nickel sulfide deposits ⓘ orogenic gold deposits ⓘ pegmatite-hosted lithium deposits ⓘ significant komatiite-hosted nickel sulfide deposits ⓘ some of the world’s largest Archean gold deposits ⓘ |
| knownFor |
base metal deposits
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gold deposits ⓘ iron ore deposits ⓘ lithium deposits ⓘ nickel deposits ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Western Australia ⓘ |
| miningDistrictIncludes |
Kalgoorlie goldfields
NERFINISHED
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Kambalda nickel district NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonora–Laverton gold district NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Cross goldfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oldestRocksAge | >=2.7 billion years ⓘ |
| overlainBy | younger sedimentary basins at margins ⓘ |
| partOf |
Australian Shield
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Australian continent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchImportance |
key area for studying Archean crustal evolution
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type area for komatiite-hosted nickel deposits ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | stable continental crust ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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