Mine detail: Kara

Previously called 'Hampshire'

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Location

Lat / long:

-41.34611, 145.7818

Resource(M)

Primary:

Tungsten, Iron

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1977
Last production ended:	1985

Geology

Host rock:	Junee Group
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Contace Aureole Of Devonian Granite Intrusion
Tectonic:	Lachlan Foldbelt - Dundas Trough (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)

References

MRDS	DE00322
DEP	10021639
Reference	{Deposit:: WOLFF, G.C., 1978, THE KARA DEPOSIT, IN C.D. GREEN AND P.R. WILLIAMS (EDS.), GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF N.W. TASMANIA, PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM HELD AT BURNIE, NOV. 11-12, 1978, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA DIVISION, BURNIE, NOV. 11-12, 1982, P. 37-8.}{Deposit:: KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUGSTALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1978-1982, CANBERRA, B.M.R.}{Production:: ANNUAL AND CUM.: KNIGHT, N.D., 1978-1982.}
Reporter	Knight, Nerida D.