Mine detail: Wainivesi Zinc Property,Tailevu,

Previously called 'Veti Levu,Fiji'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.26393, 178.5485

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1937

Geology

References

MAS6860050004
DEP10159201
Reference{Deposit:: RODDA, P.1963, WAINIVESI ZINC PROPERTY, TAILEVU DIAMOND DRIL}{Deposit:: 961-1962, GEOL. SURV. DEPT. SUVA,FIJI; ECONOMIC INVESTIGATIO}
ReporterCurtis, J.L.