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Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

The Minerals Systems Atlas alternatively allows the user to select information for known (Australian) mineral deposit types (ʻmineral subsystems’) on the basis of commodity or commodity association, as classified according the Geological Survey of Western Australia’s MINEDEX database. A mineral deposit type may appear in more than one group in this scheme.

Aluminous clays

Lateritic bauxite

Cobar-style Pb–Zn–Cu–Au

Flood basalt-associated Ni–Cu–PGE

Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) Cu–Au–Fe

​Komatiitic-hosted nickel – orthomagmatic

Mafic (ultramafic) intrusion-hosted Ni–Cu–PGE

Mississippi Valley-type Pb–Ag–Zn

Mt Isa-type Zn–Pb–Ag, Cu

Porphyry Cu–Au–Mo

Red bed Cu–Co

Skarn Cu

Supergene enrichment Au–Cu–Pb–Zn, U

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide Cu–Zn–Pb–Au–Ag

Alkaline intrusion-related potash

Aluminous clays

Evaporite brine-related potash

Rare-element pegmatite

Playa lake-hosted gypsum

Anorthosite-hosted Fe–Ti–V

Channel iron deposits

Enriched iron-formation Fe

Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) Cu–Au–Fe

Iron formation – sedimentary

Skarn Fe

Carlin-type Au

Cobar-style Pb–Zn–Cu–Au

Epithermal (adularia–sericite) Au–Ag

Epithermal (advanced argillic) Au–Ag

Flood basalt-associated Ni–Cu–PGE

Intrusion-related Au

Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) Cu–Au–Fe

Komatiitic-hosted nickel – orthomagmatic

Mafic (ultramafic) intrusion-hosted Ni–Cu–PGE

Merensky Reef-type Ni–PGE

Mississippi Valley-type Pb–Ag–Zn

Mt Isa-type Zn–Pb–Ag

Orogenic Au

Paleoplacer Au–U

Placer Au

Porphyry Cu–Au–Mo

Stratabound Cr–PGE

Supergene enrichment Au–Cu–Pb–Zn, U

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide Cu–Zn–Pb–Au–Ag

Diamonds – intrusion hosted

Placer diamond

Anorthosite-hosted Fe–Ti–V

Carbonatite-hosted REE

Clay-adsorption REE

Evaporite brine-related Li

Hydrothermal vein-hosted REE

Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) Cu–Au–Fe

Li-rich oilfield brines

Rare-element pegmatite Li–W–Sn

Placer Sn–Ta

Placer Ti–Zr–Th–Hf

REE and P-rich nepheline syenite

Skarn

Anorthosite-hosted Fe–Ti–V

Flood basalt-associated Ni–Cu–PGE

Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) Cu–Au–Fe

Komatiitic-hosted nickel – orthomagmatic

Lateritic Ni–Co–Mn

Mafic (ultramafic) intrusion-hosted Ni–Cu–PGE

Merensky Reef-type Ni–PGE

Mn–Ni–Co nodules

Ophiolite-hosted Cr, Ni

Podiform chromite

Red bed Cu–Co

Manganese

Skarn Au–W–Mo–Cu

Stratabound Cr–PGE

Iron oxide–copper–gold (IOCG) Cu–Au–Fe

Rollfront paleochannel U–V–REE

Supergene enrichment Au–Cu–Pb–Zn, U

Unconformity-related U

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