Mine detail: Telfer Mine

Previously called 'West DomeMain DomeBot Flat'

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Location

Lat / long: -21.72019, 122.21063

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1971

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1977

Geology

Host rock:Telfer Formation
Host type:Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Dolomite
Associated rock:Mt. Crofton Granite;Malu Quartzite
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Metamorphism, Hydrothermal

References

MRDSW700777
DEP10085216
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZING, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: BOYLE, R.W., 1979, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND ITS DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 280, 584 P.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112.}{Deposit:: DIMO, G., 1990, TELFER GOLD DEPOSITS, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 643-651.}{Production:: EMJ, 1983; DIMO, 1990.}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J. (Preston, W.)