Mine detail: Kidston Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -18.88022, 144.1488

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Ankerite, Clay, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1907-1910, 1910-1934, 1984-PRESENT
First production started: 1907

Geology

Host rock:Lochaber Ring Complex
Host type:Quartzite,Schist,Gneiss,Migmatite,Amphibolite
Associated rock:Oak River Granodiorite;
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:In Georgetwon Structural Province
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal

References

MRDSW700746
DEP10085192
Reference{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.}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.