Mine detail: Mc Arthur Pb - Zn - Ag Deposit

Previously called 'H.Y.C. Deposit'

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -16.49701, 136.0823
dep_id: 10073053
mrds_id: W018859
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Chalcocite, Chlorite, Covellite, Illite, Kaolin, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Sedimentary Deposit
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Bituminous Shales
hrock_type: Shale,Tuff
arock_unit: Tuffites
arock_type: Tuff
Structure: Bulburra Depression, Bald Hills Fault, Emu Fault.
disc_yr: 1955
discr: Mt. Isa Mines
References:
  • Deposit:: CROXFORD, N.J.W., JEPHCOTT, S., 1972, THE MC ARTHUR LEAD - ZINC - SILVER DEPOSIT, N. T.; AUST. INST. MIN. MET. NO. 243, SEPT. 1972, P 1 - 26
  • Deposit:: CROXFORD, N.J.W. ET AL, 1975, THE MC ARTHUR DEPOSIT: A REVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION; MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V 10 NO 4 P 302 - 304
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINING MAGAZINE 11-75 P. 335
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