Mine detail: Cosmo Howley Mine

Previously called 'Cosmopolitan Howley'

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Location

Lat / long: -13.53054, 131.38242

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Garnet, Graphite, Mica, Quartz
Discovery year: 1873

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1892-1903

Geology

Host type:Mudstone
Structure:Howley Anticline, Intense Faulting

References

MRDSW700722
DEP10085171
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY, 1988, P. 15.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1987, P. 12.}{Deposit:: ALEXANDER, K.R., KAVANAGH, M.E., AND ROLFE, G.L., 1990, COSMO HOWLEY GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 751-753.}{Production:: ALEXANDER AND OTHERS, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ, 1987}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.