Mine detail: Benambra

Previously called 'WilgaCurrawong'

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Location

Lat / long: -36.94618, 147.89853

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Other material: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1978

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1992

Geology

References

MAS6020500001
DEP10232438
Reference{Deposit:: ALEXANDER, J. AND HATTERSLEY, R. 1980. AUSTRALIAN MINING,}{Deposit:: MINERALS AND OIL. DAVID ELL PRESS, SYDNEY. P.27.}{Deposit:: ANON. 1978. MINES REPORT. METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY. DECEMBER}{Deposit:: P.63.}{Deposit:: ANON. 1978-79. WESERN MINING CORPORATION HOLDINGS LIMITED.}{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORTS AND PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE}{Deposit:: OF SYDNEY.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1978, P.59.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, DECEMBER 1978, P.139.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1978, P.147.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, APRIL 1979.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1/81, P. 152.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 6/79, P. 95.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 9/26/86, P. 223.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 8/26/88, P. 161.}{Deposit:: MINER, 7/89, P. 9.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, 5/15/92, P. 9.}{Deposit:: METALS WEEKLY, 4/31/92, P. 6.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 5/1/92, P. 317.}{Deposit:: REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P. 221.}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINING, 3/94, P. 28, 29.}{Geology:: CRU ZINC MONITOR-SEPTEMBER 1996-}
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