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

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -31.99621, 141.44873
dep_id: 10073052
mrds_id: W018858
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: 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,Iron Formation
Structure: Globe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin Broken Hill Anticline & Basin, Associated Drag Folds
Year first produced: 1905
disc_yr: 1883
discr: Charles Rasp
References:
  • 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.
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