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Location: 90 km SE from Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
“The Peak” Burthong RdNymageeNew South Wales, Australia2831
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The Federation deposit is located on the eastern margin of the Palaeozoic Cobar Basin, an intracratonic basin within the Lachlan Orogen. Mineralisation at Federation is epigenetic and structurally controlled with several steeply dipping vein breccia/massive sulphide lenses developed in the centre of a broad northeast-southwest striking corridor of quartz–sulphide vein stockwork mineralisation. The mineralisation is hosted by fine-grained sedimentary rocks and is best developed within open upright anticline closures in areas of strong rheology contrast imposed by early stratiform alteration.Massive sulphide and sulphide breccia base metal mineralisation is typically zinc-rich and associated with intense cross-cutting black chlorite alteration in the lower parts of the known deposit, with silica-sulphide dominant infill in the upper parts. Late bedding-parallel faults have been identified that may have caused some brittle offset within the system. These structures possibly started as extensional faults and could have focused hydrothermal fluids during alteration and mineralisation.All known mineralisation in the area is epigenetic “Cobar” style. Deposits are generally structurally controlled quartz + sulphide matrix breccias grading to massive sulphide. In a similar fashion to the other Cobar deposits, the Federation prospect occurs to the west of the Rookery Fault, a major regional structure with over 300km strike length. The deposits are near the boundary of the Devonian Lower Amphitheatre Group and the underlying Roset Sandstone. Both units show moderate to strong ductile deformation with tight upright folding coincident with greenschist facies regional metamorphism. A well-developed sub vertical cleavage is present.Mineralisation at Federation occurs in several steeply dipping vein breccia/massive sulphide lenses developed in the centre of a broad NE–SW striking corridor of quartz–sulphide vein stockwork mineralisation. The mineralisation is hosted by fine-grained sedimentary rocks and is best developed within open upright anticline closures in areas of strong rheology contrast imposed by early stratiform alteration.Sulphide mineralisation identified at Federation include sphalerite-galena±chalcopyrite-pyrrhotitepyrite in veins and breccias. Gold distribution tends to be nuggetty, often present as visible gold grains up to four millimetres in size. The majority of high grade gold mineralisation at Federation (to date) is present in steeply plunging, short strike-length zones occurring alongside and within the sphalerite-galena±chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite-pyrite veins. Areas of higher grade gold tend to be restricted to certain high grade ‘shoots’.The reported MRE is constrained by mineable optimised shapes created using Deswik’s Stope Optimiser (SO) software. The resource model extends over a length of around 720m and consists of several echelon volumes that dip very steeply to the northeast. The entire resource occurs within a width of 170m and is composed of shapes varying in width from 2 to 25m wide. The resource model extends to a depth of 550m below surface.Massive sulphide and sulphide breccia base metal mineralisation is typically zinc-rich and associated with intense cross-cutting black chlorite alteration in the lower parts of the known deposit, with silica-sulphide dominant infill in the upper parts. Moderate to high grade gold mineralisation is best developed in a steeply plunging shoot in the northeast of the deposit, with recent drilling also highlighting localised high gold grade in other parts of the deposit. Late bedding-parallel faults have been identified that may have caused some brittle offset within the system. These structures possibly started as extensional faults and could have focused hydrothermal fluids during alteration and mineralisation.
