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Rough Summary:

Excel spreadsheet summarising thin sectioned samples collected from the Southern Prince Charles Mountains in the 1970's by Geoscience Australia geologists. Each sample is briefly described by fields identifying primary and secondary mineral abundance. The most common primary mineral is ID by 1.1, the second most common mineral by 1.2, and so on. Similarly, ... secondary minerals are ID by 2.1, 2.2 etc. Secondary minerals can be those formed by either alteration or later metamorphic events.

This spreadsheet was to form the basis for an interactive GIS summarising the petrology of the Prince Charles Mountains. A similar project had been undertaken by the author for a Metallogenic Atlas of the Pine Creek Region in the Northern Territory, Australia (refer Geoscience Australia).

Thin Sections are held at Geoscience Australia.

The fields in this dataset are:
Map Sheet
Sample Point
Locality
Geoscience Australia Sample
qualifiers
lithology
quartz
feldspar (undifferentiated)
Potassium feldspar
Orthoclase
Microcline
Plagioclase
albite
oligoclase
andesine
labradorite
bytownite
anorthite
white mica
phlogopite
muscovite
biotite
hornblende
tremolite
actinolite
cummingtonite
anthophyllite
riebeckite
garnet
orthopyroxene
clinopyroxene
augite
pigeonite
olivine
carbonate minerals (undifferentiated)
calcite
dolomite
zoisite
clinozoisite
epidote
scapolite
wollastonite
spinel
staurolite
chloritoid
cordierite
sillimanite
andalusite
kyanite
zircon
monazite
apatite
tourmaline
beryl
shene
addingsite
talc
seprentinite
sericite
clay minerals (undifferentiated)
glauconite
pinnite
chlorite
prehnite
allanite
fluorite
opaque minerals (undifferentiated)
graphite
magnetite
ilmenite
leucoxene
rutile
limonite
siderite
hematite
pyrite
Additional observations
comment
Source of Information

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: -72.0

S: -75.0

E: 70.0

W: 69.5

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1970-01-01 Stop Date: 1979-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Southern Prince Charles Mountains GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > BEDROCK LITHOLOGY SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > IGNEOUS ROCKS SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > METAMORPHIC ROCKS SOLID EARTH > ROCKS/MINERALS > MINERALS/CRYSTALS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Quality

Location data for each sample is incomplete (predates field GPS). Maps with sample locations are held by Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Less detailed locality diagrams are held by the author (personal collection). It was intended to update the spreadsheet with more accurate locality data using digitised maps of the SPCM region.
Dates provided in temporal coverage are very approximate.

Access Constraints

The dataset is available for download from the URL given below.

Ancillary Keywords

ACTINOLITE ADDINGSITE ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS AGSO AGSO SAMPLE ALBITE ALLANITE ANDALUSITE ANDESINE ANORTHITE ANTHOPHYLLITE APATITE AUGITE BERYL BIOTITE BYTOWNITE CALCITE CARBONATE MINERALS (UNDIFFERENTIATED) CHARLES CHLORITE CHLORITOID CLAY MINERALS (UNDIFFERENTIATED) CLINOPYROXENE CLINOZOISITE COLLECTIONS COMMENT CORDIERITE CUMMINGTONITE DOLOMITE EPIDOTE FELDSPAR (UNDIFFERENTIATED) FLUORITE GARNET GLAUCONITE GRAPHITE HEMATITE HORNBLENDE ILMENITE KYANITE LABRADORITE LEUCOXENE LIMONITE LITHOLOGY LOCALITY MAGNETITE MAP SHEET MICROCLINE MINERALS MONAZITE MOUNTAINS MUSCOVITE OLIGOCLASE OLIVINE OPAQUE MINERALS (UNDIFFERENTIATED) ORTHOCLASE ORTHOPYROXENE PCM PHLOGOPITE PIGEONITE PINNITE PLAGIOCLASE POTASSIUM FELDSPAR PREHNITE PRINCE PYRITE QUALIFIERS QUARTZ RIEBECKITE ROCKS RUTILE SAMPLE POINT SCAPOLITE SEPRENTINITE SERICITE SHENE SIDERITE SILLIMANITE SOURCE OF INFO SPINEL STAUROLITE TALC TOURMALINE TREMOLITE WHITE MICA WOLLASTONITE ZIRCON ZOISITE

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Geoscience Australia

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au Data Center Personnel Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP Distribution Size: 107 kb Distribution Format: excel Fees: free

Personnel

DOUG E THOST Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +61 3 6226 7541 Email: doug.thost at aad.gov.au Contact Address: University of Tasmania Antarctic CRC City: Sandy Bay Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7005 Country: Australia

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Download page for Australian Antarctic Data Centre Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-03-15 Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

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