Mine detail: Savage River Mine

Previously called 'Rio Tinto'

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Location: Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -41.4961, 145.16515
dep_id: 10084920
mrds_id: W700166
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Magnetite
model: 158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E.
hrock_type: Amphibolite
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.
  • Deposit:: COLEMAN, R. J., 1975, SAVAGE RIVER MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, IN KNIGHT, C. L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 598-604.
  • Deposit:: MCLEOD, I.R., ED., AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULLETIN 72, 690 P.
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