On the Mineral Composition of the Mount Oxide Copper Ore, Queensland

The following brief observations on the mineral composition of the Mt. Oxide copper ore are intended to supplement the geological description of that ore-body recently published by Blanchard (2).'" The Mt. Oxide copper mine is situated about 45 miles W.N.W. of Dobbyn, in the Cloncurry district of Queensland (Fig. 1). A representative suite of specimens from the mine was obtained through the kindness of Mr. P. B. Nye, Executive Officer of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia, and Mr. Jack Hall, the tributor of the Mt. Oxide mine. The specimens, as shown in Fig. 2, were nearly all from the sulphide zone, between the l04-ft. level and the 300-ft. level. Several additional specimens, together with information which will be referred to later were kindly sent to me by Mr. Roland Blanchard.MINERAL COMPOSITION OF THE COPPER OREThe mineral composition of the ore is relatively simple. It consists essentially of chalcocite, with varying, but minor figures...