Mine detail: Mount Lyell

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Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -42.11278, 145.54846
dep_id: 10084792
mrds_id: W700001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Tin, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
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
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Chert,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Rhyolite
disc_yr: 1884
References:
  • Deposit:: MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, P. 30-33.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.
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