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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