Halls Creek Orogen geological province

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The Halls Creek Orogen geological province is a major Proterozoic orogenic belt in northern Western Australia, characterized by deformed and metamorphosed rocks that record ancient tectonic and mineralizing events.

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Halls Creek Orogen geological province canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Proterozoic orogen ⓘ
geological province ⓘ
orogenic belt ⓘ
associatedWith base metal mineralization ⓘ
chromite mineralization ⓘ
copper deposits ⓘ
gold mineralization ⓘ
lead deposits ⓘ
nickel mineralization ⓘ
zinc deposits ⓘ
boundedBy Kimberley Craton ⓘ
Tanami region ⓘ
linked to: Tanami Region
characterizedBy deformed rocks ⓘ
metamorphosed rocks ⓘ
contains Halls Creek Fault Zone ⓘ
deformed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
deformed volcanic rocks ⓘ
granitoid intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic complexes ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
economicSignificance hosts mineral resources ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Mesoproterozoic ⓘ
Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
hasStratigraphy Proterozoic sedimentary sequences ⓘ
Proterozoic volcanic sequences ⓘ
hasStructure fold belts ⓘ
major shear zones ⓘ
thrust faults ⓘ
importance records early Proterozoic tectonic evolution of northern Western Australia ⓘ
locatedIn Western Australia ⓘ
northern Western Australia ⓘ
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies ⓘ
greenschist facies ⓘ
namedAfter Halls Creek ⓘ
orogenyAge Proterozoic ⓘ
partOf North Australian Craton ⓘ
records ancient mineralizing events ⓘ
ancient tectonic events ⓘ
region Kimberley region ⓘ
researchField economic geology ⓘ
metamorphic geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonicProcesses crustal shortening ⓘ
folding ⓘ
magmatism ⓘ
regional metamorphism ⓘ
thrust faulting ⓘ
tectonicSetting orogenic belt ⓘ

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Halls Creek → nearGeologicalFeature → Halls Creek Orogen geological province ⓘ