Mine detail: Mount Isa Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.69674, 139.29889

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Cobalt
Ore:	Argentite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	STEEPLY DIPPING EN ECHELON BEDS
Discovery year:	1923

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1931

Geology

Host rock:	Urquhart Shale;Silica-Dolomite Rocks (Brecciated And Recrystallized Shale And Siliceous Carbonate Masses
Host type:	Shale,Dolomite,Tuff
Structure:	Mt. Isa Fault, Major North Plunging Anticline, Smaller North Plunging Anticline, Many Very Small Folds
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Upper 52 - 61 M.

References

MRDS	W018862
DEP	10073055
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.