Mine detail: Zinc Corp. Broken Hill Pb - Ag - Zn Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.99621, 141.44873

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	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:	1905

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W018858
DEP	10073052
Reference	{Deposit:: STAFF, 1970, EXPLORATION AND MINING OPERATIONS, THE ZINC 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:: SKINNE * MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 634. STAFF, 1970, ZN CORP, NBHC IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN P. 302, 313.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.