Mine detail: Mount Carbine Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -16.51372, 145.11548

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Discovery year: 1895

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1896
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Hodgkinson
Host type:Argillite
Structure:Contact Aureole Of Permian Granite Intrusion
Tectonic:Hodgkinson Fold Belt (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)

References

MRDSDE00325
DEP10021642
Reference{Deposit:: PLUMRIDGE, C.L., 1975, MOUNT CARBINE TUNGSTEN REEF SWARM, IN C.L. KNIGHT (ED.), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS; AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5, P. 762-764.}{Deposit:: STEVENSON, H., 1980, TUNGSTEN ORE MINING AT QUEENSLAND WOLFRAM PTY. LTD., MOUNT CARBINE, QUEENSLAND, IN J.T. WOODLOCK (ED.), MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 10, P. 412-415.}{Production:: BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES - AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEWS.}
ReporterKnight, Nerida D.