Mine detail: Mount Hope Mine

Previously called 'Mt. Hope Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: -32.91291, 145.83195

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

References

MRDSTC43051
DEP10066754
Reference{Deposit:: SOLOMON, M., AND GROVES, D.I., 1994, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF AUSTRALI* MINERAL DEPOSITS: OXFORD, OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 24, 951 P.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1988, P. 45.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.