Mine detail: Kyooma East

Previously called 'One of the Bells Mountain Deposits'

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -30.27831, 150.63026
dep_id: 10023626
mrds_id: I001002
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Diatomite
gangue: Clay, Feldspar
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
model: 222: Lacustrine diatomite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Diatomite,Tuff
arock_type: Tuff
Year first produced: 1982
References:
  • 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.
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