Mine detail: Kidston Mine

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -18.88022, 144.14881
dep_id: 10085192
mrds_id: W700746
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Ankerite, Clay, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
alteration: Hydrothermal
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Lochaber Ring Complex
hrock_type: Quartzite,Schist,Gneiss,Migmatite,Amphibolite
arock_unit: Oak River Granodiorite;
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: In Georgetwon Structural Province
Year first produced: 1907
disc_yr: 1885
prod_yrs: 1907-1910, 1910-1934, 1984-PRESENT
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1988, P. 42-46.
  • Deposit:: MUSTARD, HARRY, 1986, GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE KIDSTON GOLD DEPOSIT, AUSTRALIA, IN MACDONALD, A.J., ED., GOL*6: TORONTO, GOL*6, P. 404-415.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY, 1986, P. 16.
  • Deposit:: BAKER, E.M., AND TULLEMANS, F.J., 1990, KIDSTON GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 2: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 1461-1465.
  • Production:: EMJ, 1988; MUSTARD, 1986; E/MJ, 1986; BAKER AND TULLEMANS, 1990.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MUSTARD, 1986; BAKER AND TULLEMANS, 1990.
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