Mine detail: Kikoira-Gibson Field

Previously called 'Gibsonvale Alluvial Tin Deposit'

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.62953, 146.56531
dep_id: 60001465
mrds_id: TC39297
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tin
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: SN PLACER
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
model: 123: Alluvial placer Sn
conc_proc: MECHANICAL ACCUMULATION
Reporter: BLISS, JAMES D.
Structure: TASMAN FOLD BELT SYSTEM; LACHLAN FOLD BELT; WAGGA ANTICLINORIAL ZONE
disc_yr: 1938
discr: Jack Gibson
References:
  • Deposit:: DEGELING, P.R., 1975, GIRILAMBONE-WAGGA ANTICLINORIAL ZONE, IN MARKHAM, N.L., AND BASDEN, H., EDS., THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, P. 138.
  • Deposit:: CAMPI, D., MCGAIN, A., AND ELLEN, C., 1975, GIBSONVALLE ALLUVIAL TIN DEPOSIT, N.S.W., IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH NO. 5, P. 1049-1053.
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