New South Wales
Past Producer
Paddy Mccullochs Mountain
New South Wales, Australia
Diatomite
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Commodities
Primary
Diatomite
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Model
222: Lacustrine diatomite
Deposit size
Y
Orebody form
STRATIFORM
Materials
Ore minerals
Diatomite
Gangue
Clay, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Clay, Mud,Diatomite,Tuff · Warrumbungle Volcanic Complex
Associated rock
Tuff
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1956
Identification
Deposit ID
10098120
MRDS ID
I001007
Region
OC
Data score
C
Coordinates
-31.17272, 149.14166
References
HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., AND SWEENEY, V., 1989, DIATOMITE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINERAL RESOURCES 46, 161 P