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Structurally preserved insoluble organic cellular matter is intimately associated with Precambrian lead-zinc-silver ore in the McArthur River deposit, Australia. The ore is essentially a non-metamorphosed mineralized bituminous dolomitic shale of marine volcanic association and has some similarities with the Mt. Isa and Broken Hill deposits.
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Hamilton, L.H., Muir, M.D. Precambrian microfossils from the McArthur River lead-zinc-silver deposit northern territory, Australia. Mineral. Deposita 9, 83–86 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203281
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