Spreadsheet containing descriptions of rock thin sections collected from the Southern Prince Charles Mountains by AGSO geologists in the 1970s

• Other Authors: THOST, DOUG E (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; BEDROCK LITHOLOGY; EARTH SCIENCE; SOLID EARTH; ROCKS/MINERALS/CRYSTALS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; ACTINOLITE; ADDINGSITE; ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS; AGSO; AGSO SAMPLE; ALBITE; ANTHOPHYLLITE; ALLANITE; ANDESINE; ANDALUSITE; ANORTHITE; APATITE; AUGITE; BERYL; BYTOWNITE; CALCITE; BIOTITE; CARBONATE MINERALS (UNDIFFERENTIATED); CHLORITE; CLINOPYROXENE; CHLORITOID; CLAY MINERALS (UNDIFFERENTIATED); CHARLES; COLLECTIONS; DOLOMITE; COMMENT; CLINOZOISITE; CUMMINGTONITE; CORDIERITE; EPIDOTE; FELDSPAR (UNDIFFERENTIATED); GARNET; GRAPHITE; GLAUCONITE; FLUORITE; HORNBLENDE; ILMENITE; LEUCOXENE; KYANITE; LABRADORITE; HEMATITE; LITHOLOGY; MICROCLINE; LOCALITY; LIMONITE; MAP SHEET; MAGNETITE; MONAZITE; OLIVINE; MOUNTAINS; MUSCOVITE; OLIGOCLASE; OPAQUE MINERALS (UNDIFFERENTIATED); ORTHOCLASE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PCM; PHLOGOPITE; PIGEONITE; PINNITE; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; PREHNITE; PLAGIOCLASE; PRINCE; PYRITE; QUALIFIERS; QUARTZ; RIEBECKITE; ROCKS; RUTILE; SAMPLE POINT; SCAPOLITE; SILLIMANITE; SEPRENTINITE; SERICITE; SHENE; SIDERITE; SOURCE OF INFO; STAUROLITE; SPINEL; TOURMALINE; TREMOLITE; TALC; WHITE MICA; WOLLASTONITE; ZIRCON; ZOISITE; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; FIELD SURVEYS; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Southern Prince Charles Mountains; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Prince Charles Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/spreadsheet-containing-descriptions-geologists-1970s/701804; https://doi.org/10.26179/5d3a95eeab9e8; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/SPCM_THIN_SECTIONS; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

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