Mount Chalmers

Australia· QueenslandUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
1.64%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1860

Overview

Massive, 0.05 km thickness, elliptical pipe-shape. Main and West lode. Pyrite-rich stringer zone below Main extends 200 m north beyond the limit of the massive ore. Main Lode is 500 m long, 100 m wide, up to 60 m thick. West Lode is 150 m SW of the Main Lode, is 200 m long, 90 m wide, 30 m thick. Gossan present.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1896

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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