Mine detail: Red Dome Mine

Previously called 'Mungana'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.11368, 144.39882

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Garnet, Wollastonite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Chillagoe Formation
Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Chert,Andesite
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDSW700772
DEP10085212
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: THEODORE, T.G., ORRIS, G.J., HAMMARSTROM, J.M., AND BLISS, J.D., 1991, GOLD-BEARING SKARNS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1930, 61 P.}{Deposit:: TORREY, C.E., KARJALAINEN, H., JOYCE, P.J., ERCEG, M., AND STEVENS, M., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE RED DOME (MUNGANA) GOLD SKARN DEPOSIT, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, IN MACDONALD, A.J., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF GOL*6, AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD: TORONTO, 1986, P. 3-22.}{Reserve-Resource:: THEODORE AND OTHERS, 1991.}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.