Mine detail: Thompson River Copper Mine

Previously called 'Walhalla Copper Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

-37.93059, 146.39935

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Palladium, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt
Ore:	Bravoite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Ilmenite, Malachite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Sericite
Orebody form:	ELONGATE POD
Discovery year:	1865

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Faulting Post Dike
Alteration processes:	Low Grade Metamorphism, Dike Hydrothermally Altered

References

MRDS	M045053
DEP	10037860
Reference	{Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 72}{Deposit:: KEAYS, R.R., AND KIRKLAND, M.C., 1972, ECON. GEOL., V. 67, P. 1263-1275}{Deposit:: EDWARDS, A.B., ANDERSON, J.S, HART, J.G., 1942, AUST. INST. MINING METALLURGY PROC., NO. 125, P. 61-69}{Deposit:: IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 78}{Production:: IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, P. 78; KEAYS AND KIRKLAND, 1972, P. 1264}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.