Budgerygar

Australia· New South WalesUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1906

Overview

Massive, banded sulfides, 400 m strike length, 30 m thickness. Resources 2.4 million t @ 0.63% Cu, open at depth and along strike.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Pelite-mafic in mature oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Production Start: 1906

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS