Mine detail: King Island Mines

Previously called 'Bold Head Mine & Dolphin MineNo. 1 Orebody'

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Location

Lat / long: -40.06277, 144.08186

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Discovery year: 1904

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1911
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Grassy Group *ine Serie*Local Term For The Metamorphosed And Metasomatised Grassy Group)
Host type:Hornfels,Metasedimentary Rock
Structure:Contact Aureole Of Early Carboniferous Granite Intrusion?
Tectonic:Rock Cape Block (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)

References

MRDSDE00323
DEP10021640
Reference{Deposit:: CROSSLEY, W.J., 1980, TUNGSTEN ORE MINING AT KING ISLAND SCHEELITE, KING ISLAND, TASMANIA, IN J.T. WOODLOCK (ED.), MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 10, P. 409-412.}{Deposit:: MURRAY, R.J., 1980, TUNGSTEN ORE TREATMENT AT KING ISLAND SCHEELITE, KING ISLAND, TASMANIA, IN J.T. WOODLOCK (ED.), MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, P. 432-435.}{Deposit:: MURRAY, R.J., 1980, TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATE LEACHING AT KING ISLAND SCHEELITE, KING ISLAND, TASMANIA, IN J.T. WOODLOCK (ED.), MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, P. 452-454.}{Deposit:: DANIELSON, M.J., 1975, KING ISLAND SCHEELITE DEPOSITS IN ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA-NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALSIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONAGRAPH SERIES NO. 5, P. 592-598.}{Deposit:: LARGE. R.R., 1971, METASOMATISM AND SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION AT BOLD HEAD, KING ISLAND, PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, NO. 238, JUNE 1971, P. 31-45.}{Deposit:: KWAK, T. AND TAN, T. 1981, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF ZONING IN THE SKARN MINERALS AT KING ISLAND (DOLPHIN MINE), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 76., NO. 2., P. 468-497.}{Deposit:: KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1974-1982, CANBERRA, B.W.R.}{Deposit:: SMITH, A., 1979, THE MINING OF TUNGSTEN, IN MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD., TUNGSTEN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, 1979, P. 32-63.}{Production:: ANNUAL: KNIGHT, N.D., 1974-1982 AND PEKO-WALLSEND ANNUAL REPORTS 1979-1984. CUMM: DANIELSON, M.J., 1975 AND KNIGHT, N.D., 1974-1982.}
ReporterKnight, Nerida D.