Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1927
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10305122
Alternate namesGunpowder Complex, Gunpowder Mine, Mount Oxide, Esperanza, Mammoth
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-19.46352, 139.36559
References
MINING MAGAZINE, SEP 1976, P239MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1976, P. 256.TIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1976, P. 211.QUEENSLAND. GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, 8THCOMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS, 1965,P. 253-255.BROOKS, J. H. MINOR COPPER DEPOSITS IN NORTH-WESTERNGUNPOWDER CLOSES. MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 1977, P. 556.COPPER. AUSTRALIAN MINING, JUNE 1975, P. 16.SECTION 2C - INTERNATIONAL MINE/PLANT UNITS. E/MJ INTERNA-REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1990/91, P. 277.AUSTRALIA'S MINING MONTHLY, 8/90, P. 51-53, 63.REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.213.