Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Dolomite · Telfer Formation
Associated rockGranite · Mt. Crofton Granite;Malu Quartzite
AlterationMetamorphism, Hydrothermal
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1977
Discovery year1971
Identification
Deposit ID10085216
MRDS IDW700777
Alternate namesWest Dome, Main Dome, Bot Flat
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.72019, 122.21063
References
MINING MAGAZING, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.ENGINEERING AND MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.BOYLE, R.W., 1979, THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD AND ITS DEPOSITS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA BULLETIN 280, 584 P.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112.DIMO, G., 1990, TELFER GOLD DEPOSITS, 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. 643-651.EMJ, 1983; DIMO, 1990.