Mine detail: Kyooma West

Previously called 'Bells Mountain Deposits'

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -30.29165, 150.59776
dep_id: 10106751
mrds_id: I001001
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Diatomite
gangue: Clay, Feldspar
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
model: 222: Lacustrine diatomite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Diatomite,Tuff
arock_type: Tuff
Year first produced: 1917
prod_yrs: 1917-1970, 1983-PRESENT
References:
  • HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., AND SWEENEY, V., 1989, DIATOMITE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINERAL RESOURCES 46, 161 P
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