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Location: 156 km NW from Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Level 23, 240 Queen StreetBrisbaneQueensland, Australia4000
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The Dianne deposit is hosted in deformed Palaeozoic shale and greywacke of the Hodgkinson Formation. Geologically, the Dianne Deposit represents a well-preserved volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) system hosted by interbedded shales, greywackes, and volcaniclastic rocks of the Upper Devonian–Lower Carboniferous Hodgkinson Formation. The mineralisation is closely associated with a north–south trending subvolcanic intrusive complex composed of altered micro-granodioritic dykes and sills, interpreted to be the primary hydrothermal conduit and heat source. Copper occurs predominantly as chalcopyrite and chalcocite, with minor sphalerite and silver, within steeply dipping semi-massive to massive sulphide lenses. Locally the massive sulphide lens at Dianne includes a splay to the west hosting additional structurally hosted, moderate grade Cu along with a large halo of associated oxide mineralisation forming the Greenhill domain.Weathering and supergene processes of the deposit has altered the mineralisation of the deposit with three distinct styles of mineralisation occurring: • primary massive sulphides consisting of pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite; • enriched supergene sulphide composed of pyrite and chalcocite and; • an associated low grade mushroom shaped halo of supergene oxide copper mineralisation, the Green Hill deposit, comprising stockwork and disseminations of malachite, azurite cuprite, tenorite chalcocite and native copper.The copper (zinc-silver-cobalt-gold) deposit was identified in 19552 with ongoing exploration leading to the development of a small-scale underground and open pit mine operated between 1979-83. Production from the chalcocite enriched sulphide mineralisation from the massive zone totalled 69,820 tonnes of high-grade direct shipping ore assaying between 18-26% Cu and approximately 359 g/t Ag.