Mine detail: Goonumbia

Previously called 'Deposit Includes Endeavour 22, 26n, and 27Parkes'

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -32.91294, 148.04859
dep_id: 10066755
mrds_id: TC43052
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Galena
gangue: Anhydrite, Quartz, Sericite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Monzonite
arock_unit: Wombin Volcanics;Goonumbia Volcanics
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
tectonic: Tasman Fold Belt-- Molong Volcanic Arc -- Lower Ord. Island Arc With E-W Reversal
disc_yr: 1977
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, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112.
  • Deposit:: STEWART,, G.N., 1991, AUSTRALIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1991, P. 69-78.
  • Reserve-Resource:: SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994; EMJ, 1983; STEWART, 1991.
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