Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formCONCORDANT LENSES
Ore controlOre Is Found In Folds, Parallel To Bedding
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Amphibolite,Iron Formation · Gneisses, Amphibolite, Granite, B.I.F
StructureGlobe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Broken Hill Basin, Assoc. Drag Folds
AlterationSilicification Of Wallrock, Oxidation Of Surface Ore
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10073045
MRDS IDW018851
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-31.99621, 141.44873
References
BLACK, A.B., 1953, BROKEN HILL SOUTH MINE; IN EDWARDS, A. B. ED., GEOL. OF AUST. ORE DEP.: 5TH EMP. MINING METALL. CONG., V. 1, P. 650 - 657.STAFF, 1970, EXPL. & MINING OPERATIONS, ZN CORP. LTD., NBH CONSL. LTD., BROKEN HILL AUSTL.; IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, P. 301-326.STAFF, 1972, BROKEN HILL SOUTH MINE CLOSES, AMERICAN METAL MARKET 5-16-72, P. 14.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, P. 84, 207ENGINEERING/MINING JOUR. 3-75, P. 37.