Mine detail: New Broken Hill Zn - Pb - Ag Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.99621, 141.44873

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Apatite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Orebody form:	CONCORDANT LENSES
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1944

Geology

Host rock:	Gneisses, Amphibolite, Banded Iron Formation
Host type:	Gneiss,Amphibolite,Iron Formation
Structure:	Globe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Broken Hill Basin, Associated Drag Folds
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Garnetization Of Wallrock

References

MRDS	W018855
DEP	10073049
Reference	{Deposit:: STAFF, 1970, EXPLORATION AND MINING OPERATIONS, THE ZN CORP. LTD, NEW BROKEN HILL CONSL. LTD., BROKEN HILL, AUSTRALIA; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V. 1 P. 301 - 326.}{Deposit:: *RISCOLL, E. S., 1953, THE ZINC CORP. AND NEW BROKEN HILL CONSL MINES; IN EDWARDS, A. B. ED. GEOL. OF AUSTL. ORE DEPOSITS, EMPIRE MINING AND METALL. CONG., 5TH, V. 1 P. 658 - 673.}{Production:: SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK 1975, P. 404. STAFF, 1970, ZN CORP, NBHC IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER, AIME SYMP. PB-ZN, P. 303}{Reserve-Resource:: SKINNE * MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 404}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.