Mine detail: Middle Flat Diatomite Deposit

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -36.17343, 149.17713
dep_id: 10023631
mrds_id: I001008
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Diatomite
gangue: Kaolinite, Quartz
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
model: 222: Lacustrine diatomite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Bonnie Doon Member;Bunyan Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Lake Sediments,Diatomite
Year first produced: 1907
yr_lst_prd: 1980
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
  • Production:: HOLMES AND OTHERS, 1989.
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