Mine detail: Red Dome Mine

Previously called 'Mungana'

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -17.11368, 144.39882
dep_id: 10085212
mrds_id: W700772
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
gangue: Garnet, Wollastonite
model: 64: Skarn Au
alteration: Contact Metamorphism
ore_ctrl: Intrusive Contact
Reporter: Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Chillagoe Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Chert,Andesite
arock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock
References:
  • 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.
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