Mine detail: Goonumbia

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

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Location

Lat / long:

-32.91294, 148.04858

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Galena
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Quartz, Sericite
Discovery year:	1977

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Monzonite
Associated rock:	Wombin Volcanics;Goonumbia Volcanics
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:	Tasman Fold Belt-- Molong Volcanic Arc -- Lower Ord. Island Arc With E-W Reversal

References

MRDS	TC43052
DEP	10066755
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, 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.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J.