Mine detail: Mount Lyell

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-42.11278, 145.54846

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Tin, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Hematite, Linnaeite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite
Gangue:	Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Siderite, Zircon
Discovery year:	1884

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:

Chert,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite

References

MRDS	W700001
DEP	10084792
Reference	{Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 30-33.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J.