Commodities
PrimaryTin, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Siltstone · Ringrose
StructurePipe-Shaped Breccia Body In Contact Aureole Of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian Granite Intrusion
Tectonic settingHodgkinson Fold Belt (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1984
Identification
Deposit ID10021643
MRDS IDDE00327
Alternate namesThe Tommy Burns Mine
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-17.41366, 144.86548
References
POLLARD, P.J., 1981, HYDROTHERMAL TIN - TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AND ORIGIN OF ASSOCIATED CORDIERITE - ANTHOPHYLLITE ROCKS AS TOMMY BURNS MINE, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, TRANSACTIONS, SECTION B, VOL. 90, P. B65-70.POLLARD, P.J., 1978, THE GEOLOGY OF THE TOMMY BURNS MINE, SUNNYMOUNT, N. QLD.JAMES COOK, BSC. HONS. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH QUEENSLAND (UNPUBLISHED - HELD AT UNIVERSITY LIBRARY).KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979-83, CANBERRA, B.M.R.GOLD COPPER EXPLORATION N.L., ANNUAL REPORTS, 1978-1984.COOK, JAMES.