Mine detail: Galtee More Mine

Previously called 'YuletideSpearmont OrebodyGaltee OrebodyBrooklyn WestNorth West GalteeBankerDunboyneEmpress'

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Location

Lat / long:

-28.00788, 117.82792

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1897-1915, 1922-1924, 1938-1952
First production started:	1897

Geology

Host type:	Chert,Basalt
Associated type:	Shale,Iron Formation
Structure:	Shearing, Folding, Faulting

References

MRDS	W700730
DEP	10085178
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: BROMLEY, G.J., 1990, GALTEE MORE GOLD DEPOSITS, MOUNT MAGNET, 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. 243-247.}{Production:: BROMLEY, 1990.}
Reporter	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Preston, W.