Mine detail: Torrington Mine

Previously called 'Burnt HutFielders HillFielders Hill NorthCarters Group'

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -29.31309, 151.68192
dep_id: 10021644
mrds_id: DE00328
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Tin, Bismuth, Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Knight, Nerida D.
hrock_type: Mudstone,Siltstone,Sandstone,Granite
Structure: Upper Part Of Late Permian To Triassic Mole Granite And Associated Roof Pendant
tectonic: New England Fold Belt (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)
Year first produced: 1883
yr_lst_prd: 1980
disc_yr: 1883
References:
  • Deposit:: WEBER, C.R., 1974, WOOLOMIN - TEXAS BLOCK - PLUTONIC ROCKS AND INTRUDED SEDIMENTS IN N.L. MARKHAM AND H. BASDEN (EDS.), MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, P. 364-65.
  • Deposit:: PACIFIC COPPER LTD, 1982, TORRINGTON PROJECT JULY 1982, WOLFRAM, INDUSTRIAL TOPAZ, BISMUTH, TIN (UNPUBLISHED - HELD IN RESOURCE ASSESSMENT DIVISION, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA).
  • Deposit:: EADINGTON, P.J., 1983, A FLUID INCLUSION INVESTIGATION OF ORE FORMATION IN A TIN-MINERALIZED GRANITE, NEW ENGLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 78, NO. 6, P. 1204-1221.
  • Production:: PACIFIC COPPER LTD, 1982.
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