Mine detail: King Island Mines

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

Location:	Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-40.06277, 144.08187
dep_id:	10021640
mrds_id:	DE00323
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten, Molybdenum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
Reporter:	Knight, Nerida D.
hrock_unit:	Grassy Group ine SerieLocal Term For The Metamorphosed And Metasomatised Grassy Group)
hrock_type:	Hornfels,Metasedimentary Rock
Structure:	Contact Aureole Of Early Carboniferous Granite Intrusion?
tectonic:	Rock Cape Block (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)
Year first produced:	1911
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1985
disc_yr:	1904
References:	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.