Description
Mount Isa Mines
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSTEEPLY DIPPING EN ECHELON BEDS
Ore controlSedimentary Features
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockShale · Urquhart Formation Shale
StructureMt. Isa Fault; On W. Limb Of N. Plunging Anticline, Many Small Folds.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10073054
MRDS IDW018860
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.54675, 139.28222
References
BENNETT, E. M., 1970, HISTORY, GEOLOGY AND PLANNED EXPANSION OF MOUNT ISA MINES PROPERTIES; IN RAUSCH, D. O., MARIACHER, B. C. EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, V. 1 P. 139 - 170E/MJ 12 - 75 P. 125SKINNER'S MINING INTL. YBK. 1975, P. 395