| Location: | Western Australia, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -27.31846, 117.6521 |
| dep_id: | 10056347 |
| mrds_id: | TC00004 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Andalusite, Biotite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | BEDDED |
| model: | 276: Homestake Au |
| alteration: | Extensive Hydrothermal, Sulphidisation |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Alteration Enriched The Lode In Potash, Metal Sulfides, And Gold. |
| Reporter: | Orris, Greta J., Preston, W., Marcus, Sue, Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) |
| hrock_unit: | Big Bell Lode Formation |
| hrock_type: | Schist,Greenschist |
| arock_type: | Mafic Volcanic Rock |
| Structure: | Acid Volcanic Sequences, Mineralized Sequence Is In The Overturned Western Limb Of A Regional Anticline That Plunges Nne. |
| tectonic: | Narrow Archean Platform-Phase Greenstone Belt Of The Yilgarn Block (Archean). |
| Year first produced: | 1916 |
| disc_yr: | 1904 |
| prod_yrs: | 1916-1923, 1937-1955, 1989- |
| discr: | Harry Paton |
| References: |
- Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, MARCH 1989, P. 151.
- Deposit:: PLACER DOME INC., 1988, INTERNATIONAL ANALYSTS TOUR REPORT.
- Deposit:: DODSON, RICHARD, 1989, OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES AS REPORTED TO THE U.S. DEPT OF STATE ECONOMIC AND BUSNESS AFFAIRS.
- Deposit:: PLACER DOME, INC., 1990, ANNUAL REPORT.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1988, P. 42-46.
- Deposit:: HANDLEY, G.A., AND CARY, R., 1990, BIG BELL GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 211-216.
- Production:: PLACER DOME, 1988; HANDLEY AND CARY, 1990.
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