Mine detail: Wallaroo

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -29.32975, 151.73192
dep_id: 10066766
mrds_id: TC43064
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cassiterite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
alteration: Phyllic
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Mole Granite
hrock_type: Granite
tectonic: New England Fold Belt
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:: SUN, SHEN-SU, AND EADINGTON, P.J., 1987, OXYGEN ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR THE MIXING OF MAGMATIC AND METEORIC WATERS DURING TIN MINERALIZATION IN THE MOLE GRANITE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, NO. 1, P. 43-52.
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