Mine detail: Mt. Leyshon Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

-20.28015, 146.24876

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Anatase, Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Monazite, Muscovite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite
Discovery year:	1871

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mt. Leyshon Diatreme;
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal, Phyllic, Potassic, Propylitic

References

MRDS	W700759
DEP	10085202
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY, 1988, P. 14.}{Deposit:: PAULL, P.L., HODKINSON, I.P., MORRISON, G.W., AND TEALE, G.S., 1990, MOUNT LEYSHON 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. 1471-1481.}{Production:: PAULL AND OTHERS, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: PAULI AND OTHERS, 1990.}
Reporter	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.