Location: | New South Wales, Australia, Oceania |
Lat / long: | -31.99621, 141.44873 |
dep_id: | 10073049 |
mrds_id: | W018855 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Zinc, Lead, Silver |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Galena, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Apatite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rhodonite |
orebody_fm: | CONCORDANT LENSES |
work_type: | Underground |
alteration: | Silicification, Garnetization Of Wallrock |
ore_ctrl: | Drag Fold Hinges Contain Most Of The Ore |
Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
hrock_unit: | Gneisses, Amphibolite, Banded Iron Formation |
hrock_type: | Gneiss,Amphibolite,Iron Formation |
Structure: | Globe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Broken Hill Basin, Associated Drag Folds |
Year first produced: | 1944 |
disc_yr: | 1883 |
discr: | Charles Rasp |
References: |
- 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
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