Mine detail: Tintenbar Diatomite Deposit

Previously called 'Snow Queen Mine'

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -28.82979, 153.46524
dep_id: 10023632
mrds_id: I001009
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Trace mineral: Gemstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Diatomite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
other_matl: Opal
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
model: 222: Lacustrine diatomite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Diatomite
arock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1916
yr_lst_prd: 1975
prod_yrs: INTERMITTANT
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., 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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