| Location: | New South Wales, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -31.52961, 145.84865 |
| dep_id: | 10073046 |
| mrds_id: | W018852 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Lead, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Biotite, Calcite, Chert, Chlorite, Dolomite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Talc |
| orebody_fm: | LENTICULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Wallrock Alteration: Silicification, Chloritization, Biotitization, Albitization, Pyritization, Carbonatization And Sericitization. |
| conc_proc: | All Area Mines Show Oxidation And Secondary Enrichment Of Cu, Ag, Pb To Depths Of Up To 150 M |
| ore_ctrl: | Shearing And Crenulation Folding |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
| hrock_unit: | Great Cobar Slate;C.S.A. Siltstone;Chesney Greywacke |
| hrock_type: | Slate,Siltstone |
| Structure: | Major North Trending Anticline. Mines On West Limb., Numerous Subhorizontal, Open Joints. Numerous Flat, Westerly Dipping Strike Faults (Reverse) |
| Year first produced: | 1905 |
| disc_yr: | 1871 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: KAPPELLE, K., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE C.S.A. MINE, COBAR, N.S.W.; PROC. AUST. INST. MIN. MET. NO. 233 P. 79 - 94.
- Deposit:: SUPPEL, D. W. AND STEVENS, B. P. J., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION AT THE THARSIS MINE WITH A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE COBAR FIELD; REC. GEOL. SURV. N.S.W. V. 15 - 1 P. 169 - 204
- Production:: MINING MAGAZINE 9-75 P. 159
- Reserve-Resource:: SKINNE* MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 169
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