Mine detail: Broken Hill South

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.99621, 141.44873

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
Ore:	Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Orebody form:	CONCORDANT LENSES
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885

Geology

Host rock:	Gneisses, Amphibolite, Granite, B.I.F
Host type:	Gneiss,Amphibolite,Iron Formation
Structure:	Globe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Broken Hill Basin, Assoc. Drag Folds
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Wallrock, Oxidation Of Surface Ore

References

MRDS	W018851
DEP	10073045
Reference	{Deposit:: BLACK, A.B., 1953, BROKEN HILL SOUTH MINE; IN EDWARDS, A. B. ED., GEOL. OF AUST. ORE DEP.: 5TH EMP. MINING METALL. CONG., V. 1, P. 650 - 657.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1970, EXPL. & MINING OPERATIONS, ZN CORP. LTD., NBH CONSL. LTD., BROKEN HILL AUSTL.; IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, P. 301-326.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1972, BROKEN HILL SOUTH MINE CLOSES, AMERICAN METAL MARKET 5-16-72, P. 14.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Production:: E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, P. 84, 207}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING/MINING JOUR. 3-75, P. 37.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.