Evidence of Exhalative Origin for Cobar District Deposits, New South Wales

New South Wales geological data presents evidence for mineralogical and chemical zoning in seven deposits of the Cobar-Nymagee area. The dataset describes features typical of exhalative deposits in a non-volcanic environment, relating them to Devonian sedimentary facies and regional tectonics. It is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au.

Use Cases

• Modeling mineralogical zoning patterns based on described chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite and pyrite-sphalerite-galena distributions.
• Analyzing the relationship between exhalative deposits and tectonic structures like growth faults and troughs.
• Identifying potential mineralized horizons in the CSA mine based on the syn-sedimentary exhalative concept.

Strengths

• Focuses on seven specific deposits in the Cobar-Nymagee area.
• Provides a detailed geological description linking mineral zoning to tectonic and sedimentary processes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Devonian period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 02:58:18.719152; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cobar district, New South Wales, Australia