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National ASTER Map AlOH group composition

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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Band ratio: B5/B7 Blue is well ordered kaolinite, Al-rich muscovite/illite, paragonite, pyrophyllite Red is Al-poor (Si-rich) muscovite (phengite) useful for mapping: (1) exposed saprolite/saprock is often white mica or Al-smectite (warmer colours) whereas transported materials are often kaolin-rich (cooler colours); (2) clays developed over carbonates, especially Al-smectite (montmorillonite, beidellite) will produce middle to warmers colours. (2) stratigraphic mapping based on different clay-types; and (3) lithology-overprinting hydrothermal alteration, e.g. Si-rich and K-rich phengitic mica (warmer colours). Combine with Ferrous iron in MgOH and FeOH content products to look for evidence of overlapping/juxtaposed potassic metasomatism in ferromagnesian parents rocks (e.g. Archaean greenstone associated Au mineralisation) +/- associated distal propyllitic alteration (e.g. chlorite, amphibole).

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Title National ASTER Map AlOH group composition
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6f772be4-f361-46c3-948f-4520603d8d44
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Reference Period 11/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "National ASTER Map AlOH group composition". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/national-aster-map-aloh-group-composition