| Location: | New South Wales, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -31.99621, 141.44873 |
| dep_id: | 10073045 |
| mrds_id: | W018851 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Quartz, Rhodonite |
| orebody_fm: | CONCORDANT LENSES |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Silicification Of Wallrock, Oxidation Of Surface Ore |
| ore_ctrl: | Ore Is Found In Folds, Parallel To Bedding |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Gneisses, Amphibolite, Granite, B.I.F |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss,Amphibolite,Iron Formation |
| Structure: | Globe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Broken Hill Basin, Assoc. Drag Folds |
| Year first produced: | 1885 |
| disc_yr: | 1883 |
| discr: | Charles Rasp |
| References: |
- 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.
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