Mine detail: Molyhil Mine

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -22.7466, 135.73227
dep_id: 10021641
mrds_id: DE00324
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Knight, Nerida D.
hrock_unit: Metasomatised Jinka Granite
hrock_type: Hornfels,Granite
Structure: Contact Aureole Of Early Proterozoic Jinka Granite
tectonic: Delny - Mt. Sainthill Fault System - Arunta Block (Intracratonic)
Year first produced: 1974
yr_lst_prd: 1981
disc_yr: 1971
References:
  • Deposit:: BARRACLOUGH, D., 1979, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MOLYHIL SCHEELITE MINE, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TECHNICAL REPORT G.S. 79/16 (OPEN FILE).
  • Deposit:: PETROCARB EXPLORATION LTD., ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTS, 1980-1984.
  • Deposit:: KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, CANBERRA, B.M.R.
  • Production:: ANNUAL AND CUMM: BARRACLOUGH, D., 1979 AND KNIGHT, N.D.
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