Mine detail: Lillicur Diatomite Deposit

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Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -37.07945, 143.46528
dep_id: 10023637
mrds_id: I001015
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Diatomite
gangue: Clay
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
model: 222: Lacustrine diatomite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Lplio-Pleis
hrock_type: Lake Sediments
arock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1886
References:
  • HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., SWEENEY, V., 1989, DIATOMITE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINERAL RESOURCES 46, 161 P
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