Wingello

Occurrence in New South Wales, Australia with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022557
MRDS ID DE03157
Record type Site
Current site name Wingello

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 147.01159, -32.16647 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 147.01159, -32.16647

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moss Vale

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLEOD, I.R., ED., 1965, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY--THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BULLETIN NO. 72, 690 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATERITE BODY, 4200 FT LONG, 450 FT WIDE, PISOLITIC ZONE 4 FT THICK OVERLIES HARD, DARK BROWN AND RED, TUBULAR LATERITE WHICH PASSES INTO SOFTER EARTHY METERIAL WITH HARD FERRUGINOUS NODULES, LYING ON BASALTIC CLAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.