Mine detail: Thompson River Copper Mine

Previously called 'Walhalla Copper Mine'

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Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -37.93059, 146.39936
dep_id: 10037860
mrds_id: M045053
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Palladium, Copper
Minor mineral: Platinum, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bravoite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Ilmenite, Malachite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Chlorite, Sericite
orebody_fm: ELONGATE POD
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Low Grade Metamorphism, Dike Hydrothermally Altered
ore_ctrl: Sulfide Melt Caught In Structual Trap In Dike And Contact-Possible Remobilization Of Gold During Hydro. Alteration-Pt Not Moved As Much As Au
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
arock_type: Hornblendite
Structure: Faulting Post Dike
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • 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
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