Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formCONCORDANT LENSES
Ore controlDrag Fold Hinges Contain Most Of The Ore
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueApatite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Amphibolite,Iron Formation · Gneisses, Amphibolite, Banded Iron Formation
StructureGlobe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Broken Hill Basin, Associated Drag Folds
AlterationSilicification, Garnetization Of Wallrock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1944
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10073049
MRDS IDW018855
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-31.99621, 141.44873
References
STAFF, 1970, EXPLORATION AND MINING OPERATIONS, THE ZN CORP. LTD, NEW BROKEN HILL CONSL. LTD., BROKEN HILL, AUSTRALIA; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN V. 1 P. 301 - 326.O'DRISCOLL, E. S., 1953, THE ZINC CORP. AND NEW BROKEN HILL CONSL MINES; IN EDWARDS, A. B. ED. GEOL. OF AUSTL. ORE DEPOSITS, EMPIRE MINING AND METALL. CONG., 5TH, V. 1 P. 658 - 673.SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK 1975, P. 404. STAFF, 1970, ZN CORP, NBHC IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER, AIME SYMP. PB-ZN, P. 303SKINNER'S MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 404