Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Bismuth, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Geology
Host rockGranite · Elizabeth Creek Granite
StructureRoof Zone And Margin Of Late Carboniferous - Early Permian Granite Intrusion.
Tectonic settingHodgkinson Fold Belt (Paleozoic Orogenic Belt)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1894
Last production1984
Discovery year1894
Identification
Deposit ID10106698
MRDS IDDE00330
Alternate namesLeisner's Mine, German Bill, Victory
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-17.08034, 144.91548
References
PLIMER, I., 1975, WOLFRAM CAMP WOLFRAMITE - MOLYBDENITE - BISMUTH - QUARTZ PIPES, NORTH QUEENSLAND, IN C.L. KNIGHT (ED.), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5, P. 760-2.MCLEOD, I.R., 1964, TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: MINERAL DEPOSITS, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, P. 636.CARRUTHERS, D.S., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF EASTERN QUEENSLAND, IN J. MCANDREW (ED.), GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. I, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 352-360.KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1974-1984, CANBERRA, B.M.R.CONNAH, T.H., 1965, TUNGSTEN, MOLYBDENUM AND BISMUTH ORE DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND, IN J. MCANDREW (ED.), GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, VOL. I, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, P. 386-387.MCLEOD, I.R., 1964 AND KNIGHT, N.D.