Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver
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,Iron Formation · Gneisses, Amphibolite, Banded Iron Formation
StructureGlobe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin Broken Hill Anticline & Basin, Associated Drag Folds
AlterationSilicification, Garnetization Of Wallrock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1905
Discovery year1883
Identification
Deposit ID10073052
MRDS IDW018858
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-31.99621, 141.44873
References
STAFF, 1970, EXPLORATION AND MINING OPERATIONS, THE ZINC 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 - 326O'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 - 673SKINNER'S MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 634. STAFF, 1970, ZN CORP, NBHC IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER, AIME SYMP. PB - ZN P. 302, 313.