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Sunnymount Mine

Past Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021643
MRDS ID DE00327
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnymount Mine
Alternate or previous names The Tommy Burns Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 144.86548, -17.41366 (WGS84)
Relative position MAIN ENTRANCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Ringrose
    Rock description Ringrose

Nearby scientific data

(1) 144.86548, -17.41366
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pipe-Shaped Breccia Body In Contact Aureole Of Late Carboniferous-Early Permian Granite Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1984

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold Copper Exploration N.L.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.09HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POLLARD, P.J., 1981, HYDROTHERMAL TIN - TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AND ORIGIN OF ASSOCIATED CORDIERITE - ANTHOPHYLLITE ROCKS AS TOMMY BURNS MINE, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, TRANSACTIONS, SECTION B, VOL. 90, P. B65-70.

  • Deposit

    POLLARD, P.J., 1978, THE GEOLOGY OF THE TOMMY BURNS MINE, SUNNYMOUNT, N. QLD.

  • Deposit

    JAMES COOK, BSC. HONS. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH QUEENSLAND (UNPUBLISHED - HELD AT UNIVERSITY LIBRARY).

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, N.D., TUNGSTEN, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979-83, CANBERRA, B.M.R.

  • Deposit

    GOLD COPPER EXPLORATION N.L., ANNUAL REPORTS, 1978-1984.

  • Production

    COOK, JAMES.

Reporter information

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

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