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Kara

Producer in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Tungsten, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021639
MRDS ID DE00322
Record type Site
Current site name Kara
Alternate or previous names Hampshire

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 145.7818, -41.34611 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Junee Group
    Rock description Junee Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) 145.7818, -41.34611
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contace Aureole Of Devonian Granite Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1977
Year of last production 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tasminex N.L.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tasminex N.L. (Until Early 1985 Was Held Jointly By Tasminex And Mcintyre Mines Ltd.)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 1609761000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.82 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 24HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFF, G.C., 1978, THE KARA DEPOSIT, IN C.D. GREEN AND P.R. WILLIAMS (EDS.), GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF N.W. TASMANIA, PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM HELD AT BURNIE, NOV. 11-12, 1978, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA DIVISION, BURNIE, NOV. 11-12, 1982, P. 37-8.

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUGSTALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1978-1982, CANBERRA, B.M.R.

  • Production

    ANNUAL AND CUM.: KNIGHT, N.D., 1978-1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Knight, Nerida D. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

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