Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formCONCORDANT LENSES
Ore controlOre Is In Folds, Parallel To Bedding
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Quartz, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Iron Formation · Gneisses, Amphibolite, Granite, B.I.F
StructureBritish Fault, Globe Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Basin, Assoc. Drag Folds
AlterationOxidation Of Ore Up To 900 M Depth
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1885
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10073050
MRDS IDW018856
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-31.99621, 141.44873
References
HENDERSON, Q. J., 1953, NORTH BROKEN HILL MINE; IN EDWARDS, A. B. ED., GEOL OF AUST. ORE DEP., 5TH EMP. MIN. METALL. CONG., V1 P. 627 - 649STAFF, 1975, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR. 10 - 75 P. 17STAFF, 1975, SKINNERS MINING INTL. YBK. P. 421SKINNER'S MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 421. E/MJ 10-75, P. 17SKINNER'S MINING INTL. YBK. 1975 P. 421. E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1976 P. 214