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Australia· New South WalesUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
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Deposit Type
Porphyry Cu-Au
Discovery Year
1870

Overview

Resources 27 Mt at 0.2% Cu. Production 1870?1904 of 318 kg Au and 10 t Cu; radiating lodes (veins?) with 30 to 102 g/t Au; alluvial placers at 6 to 40 g/t Au. Exposed. Macquarie volcanic arc.

Geological Context

Host Rock: breccia, dacite porphyry, dacite tuff, monzonite porphyry, quartz diorite (447?385)

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS | coordinate: Mindat