Mine detail: Mt. Leyshon Mine

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -20.28015, 146.24877
dep_id: 10085202
mrds_id: W700759
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Anatase, Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Monazite, Muscovite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite
alteration: Hydrothermal, Phyllic, Potassic, Propylitic
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Mt. Leyshon Diatreme;
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite
disc_yr: 1871
References:
  • 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.
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