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

MRDS	TC43051
DEP	10066754
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.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J.