Mine detail: Wolfram Camp

Previously called 'Leisne* MineGerman BillVictory'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.08034, 144.91548

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Bismuth, Molybdenum
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1894
Last production ended: 1984

Geology

Host rock:Elizabeth Creek Granite
Host type:Granite
Structure:Roof Zone And Margin Of Late Carboniferous - Early Permian Granite Intrusion.
Tectonic:Hodgkinson Fold Belt (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)

References

MRDSDE00330
DEP10106698
Reference{Deposit:: PLIMER, I., 1975, WOLFRAM CAMP WOLFRAMITE - MOLYBDENITE - BISMUTH - QUARTZ PIPES, NORTH QUEENSLAND, IN C.L. KNIGHT (ED.), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5, P. 760-2.}{Deposit:: MCLEOD, I.R., 1964, TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: MINERAL DEPOSITS, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, P. 636.}{Deposit:: CARRUTHERS, D.S., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF EASTERN QUEENSLAND, IN J. MCANDREW (ED.), GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. I, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 352-360.}{Deposit:: KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1974-1984, CANBERRA, B.M.R.}{Deposit:: CONNAH, T.H., 1965, TUNGSTEN, MOLYBDENUM AND BISMUTH ORE DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND, IN J. MCANDREW (ED.), GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. I, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 386-387.}{Production:: MCLEOD, I.R., 1964 AND KNIGHT, N.D.}
ReporterKnight, Nerida D.