| Location: | Queensland, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -20.69674, 139.29889 |
| dep_id: | 10073055 |
| mrds_id: | W018862 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Cobalt |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Ankerite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite |
| orebody_fm: | STEEPLY DIPPING EN ECHELON BEDS |
| model: | 208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Upper 52 - 61 M. |
| conc_proc: | Lower Oxidized Zone Enriched With Native Silver |
| ore_ctrl: | Sedimentary Features |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
| hrock_unit: | Urquhart Shale;Silica-Dolomite Rocks (Brecciated And Recrystallized Shale And Siliceous Carbonate Masses |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Dolomite,Tuff |
| Structure: | Mt. Isa Fault, Major North Plunging Anticline, Smaller North Plunging Anticline, Many Very Small Folds |
| Year first produced: | 1931 |
| disc_yr: | 1923 |
| discr: | John Campbell |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BENNETT, E. M., 1970, HISTORY, GEOLOGY AND PLANNED EXPANSION OF MOUNT ISA MINES PROPERTIES; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C. EDS., AIME SYMP ON PB - ZN V. 1 P. 139 - 170.
- Deposit:: STAFF, 1975, SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. P. 394, 5
- Deposit:: STAFF, 1977, U.S. DEPT. OF STATE AIRGRAM A-034, MARCH 9, 1977, P. 11
- Deposit:: MENZIE AND MOSIER, 1985, GRADE, TONNAGE, AND LITHOLOGIC DATA FOR SEDIMENT-HOSTED SUBMARINE EXHALATIVE ZN-PB AND SANDSTONE-HOSTED DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-206.
- Deposit:: GUSTAFSON AND WILLIAMS, 1981, SEDIMENT-HOSTED STRATIFORM DEPOSITS OF COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 75TH ANNIVERSARY VOLUME, 1905-1980, P. 139-178.
- Deposit:: MATHIAS AND CLARK, 1975, MOUNT ISA COPPER AND LEAD-ZINC OREBODIES-- ISA AND HILTON MINES: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAH 5, P. 351-376.
- Production:: SKINNE* MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 395. STATE DEPT. AIRGRAM A-034 P. 11. AIME SYMP PB - ZN P. 140, 164
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