Mine detail: Pajingo Gold Deposits

Previously called 'Scott'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.53013, 146.44876

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Electrum, Gold
Gangue: Hematite
Discovery year: 1983

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1987

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Drummond Basin
Alteration processes:Propylitic, Phyllic

References

MRDSTC00007
DEP10056349
Reference{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1987, P. 291.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1988-89.}{Deposit:: SEC FORM 10-K, DECEMBER 31, 1987.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, 1988, BATTLE MOUNTAI* PAJINGO GOES ON STREAM IN AUSTRALIA: V. 189, NO. 1, P. 15.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 10-13.}{Deposit:: PORTER, R.R.G., 1990, PAJINGO GOLD DEPOSITS, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 2: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 1483-1487.}{Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ, 1987.}
ReporterMarcus, Sue, Orris, Greta J.