Mine detail: Gunpowder / Mammoth

Previously called 'Gunpowder ComplexGunpowder MineMount OxideEsperanzaMammoth'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.46352, 139.36559

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1927

Geology

References

MAS6020350028
DEP10305122
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, SEP 1976, P239}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1976, P. 256.}{Deposit:: TIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1976, P. 211.}{Deposit:: QUEENSLAND. GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, 8TH}{Deposit:: COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS, 1965,}{Deposit:: P. 253-255.}{Geology:: BROOKS, J. H. MINOR COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH-WESTERN}{Ownership:: GUNPOWDER CLOSES. MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 1977, P. 556.}{Reserve-Resource:: COPPER. AUSTRALIAN MINING, JUNE 1975, P. 16.}{Reserve-Resource:: SECTION 2C - INTERNATIONAL MINE/PLANT UNITS. E/MJ INTERNA-}{Reserve-Resource:: REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1990/91, P. 277.}{Reserve-Resource:: AUSTRALI* MINING MONTHLY, 8/90, P. 51-53, 63.}{Reserve-Resource:: REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.213.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.