Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueGarnet, Graphite, Mica, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMudstone
StructureHowley Anticline, Intense Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1892-1903
Discovery year1873
Identification
Deposit ID10085171
MRDS IDW700722
Alternate namesCosmopolitan Howley
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-13.53054, 131.38241
References
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY, 1988, P. 15.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1987, P. 12.ALEXANDER, K.R., KAVANAGH, M.E., AND ROLFE, G.L., 1990, COSMO HOWLEY GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 751-753.ALEXANDER AND OTHERS, 1990.E/MJ, 1987