| Lat / long: | -27.31846, 117.6521 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Secondary: | Silver |
| Ore: | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Andalusite, Biotite, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | BEDDED |
| Discovery year: | 1904 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Production years: | 1916-1923, 1937-1955, 1989- |
| First production started: | 1916 |
| Host rock: | Big Bell Lode Formation |
| Host type: | Schist,Greenschist |
| Associated 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). |
| Alteration processes: | Extensive Hydrothermal, Sulphidisation |
| MRDS | TC00004 |
| DEP | 10056347 |
| Reference | {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.} |
| Reporter | Orris, Greta J., Preston, W., Marcus, Sue, Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) |