Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Granite · Metasomatised Jinka Granite
StructureContact Aureole Of Early Proterozoic Jinka Granite
Tectonic settingDelny - Mt. Sainthill Fault System - Arunta Block (Intracratonic)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Last production1981
Discovery year1971
Identification
Deposit ID10021641
MRDS IDDE00324
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-22.7466, 135.73227
References
BARRACLOUGH, D., 1979, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MOLYHIL SCHEELITE MINE, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TECHNICAL REPORT G.S. 79/16 (OPEN FILE).PETROCARB EXPLORATION LTD., ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTS, 1980-1984.KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, CANBERRA, B.M.R.ANNUAL AND CUMM: BARRACLOUGH, D., 1979 AND KNIGHT, N.D.