Mine detail: Boddington Gold Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-32.73767, 116.3471

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Electrum, Gold, Hessite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Biotite, Clinozoisite, Feldspar, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sphene
Discovery year:	1980

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1987

Geology

Host type:	Clay, Mud,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Felsic Volcanic Rock,Plutonic Rock
Tectonic:	Western Gneiss Terrain - Saddleback Greenstone Belt.
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal, Silicification, Other

References

MRDS	W700719
DEP	10107452
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, 1990, JULY.}{Deposit:: SYMONS, P.M., ANDERSON, G., BEARD, T.J., HAMILTON, L.M., REYNOLDS, G.D., ROBINSON, J.M., STALEY, R.W., AND THOMPSON, C.M., 1990, BODDINTON 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. 165-169.}{Production:: MINING ENGINEERING, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: E/MJ, 1987; SYMONS AND OTHERS, 1990.}
Reporter	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J. (Preston, W.)