Mine detail: North Broken Hill Mine

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -31.99621, 141.44873
dep_id: 10073050
mrds_id: W018856
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Quartz, Rhodonite
orebody_fm: CONCORDANT LENSES
work_type: Underground
model: 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
alteration: Oxidation Of Ore Up To 900 M Depth
ore_ctrl: Ore Is In Folds, Parallel To Bedding
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Gneisses, Amphibolite, Granite, B.I.F
hrock_type: Gneiss,Iron Formation
Structure: British Fault, Globe Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Basin, Assoc. Drag Folds
Year first produced: 1885
disc_yr: 1883
discr: Charles Rasp
References:
  • Deposit:: HENDERSON, Q. J., 1953, NORTH BROKEN HILL MINE; IN EDWARDS, A. B. ED., GEOL OF AUST. ORE DEP., 5TH EMP. MIN. METALL. CONG., V1 P. 627 - 649
  • Deposit:: STAFF, 1975, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR. 10 - 75 P. 17
  • Deposit:: STAFF, 1975, SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. P. 421
  • Production:: SKINNE* MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 421. E/MJ 10-75, P. 17
  • Reserve-Resource:: SKINNE* MINING INTL. YBK. 1975 P. 421. E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976 P. 214
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