Mine detail: Mount Hope Mine

Previously called 'Mt. Hope Mine'

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -32.91291, 145.83196
dep_id: 10066754
mrds_id: TC43051
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
ore_ctrl: Structure
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
References:
  • 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.
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