Mine detail: Kyooma East

Previously called 'One of the Bells Mountain Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long:

-30.27831, 150.63026

Resource(N)

Primary:	Diatomite
Ore:	Diatomite
Gangue:	Clay, Feldspar
Orebody form:	STRATIFORM

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1982

Geology

Host type:	Clay, Mud,Diatomite,Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff

References

MRDS	I001002
DEP	10023626
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., AND SWEENEY, V., 1989, DIATOMITE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINERAL RESOURCES 46, 161 P}{Reserve-Resource:: HOMES & OHTERS, 1989.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J.