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Kyooma East

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodity Diatomite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023626
MRDS ID I001002
Record type Site
Current site name Kyooma East
Alternate or previous names One of the Bells Mountain Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 150.63026, -30.27831 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUNDARLEER ROAD, ABOUT 2.5 KM WEST OF BUNDARLEER AND 3 KM EAST OF KYOOMA WEST.

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
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE GRADE IS NOT AS GOOD AS AT KYOOMA WEST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Clay Gangue
Feldspar Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 222
USGS model code 31s
Deposit model name Lacustrine diatomite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) 150.63026, -30.27831
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1982

Mining district

District name Barraba Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Australian Diatomite Mining Party Ltd.

Comments on development

  • MINING LEASES 975 AND 976. ; ECON.COM: PROCESSING PLANT FOR AUSTRALIAN DIATOMITE MINING PARTY LIMITED OPERATIONS IN THE BARRABA AREA IS AT THIS SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., AND SWEENEY, V., 1989, DIATOMITE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINERAL RESOURCES 46, 161 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOMES & OHTERS, 1989.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT FORMS PART OF A LATERALLY AND VERICALLY CONSISTENT SEQUENCE OF LACUSTRINE AND PYROCLASTIC SEDIMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE LITHOLOGIES ARE SIMILAR, NO CORRELATION IS RECOGNIZED BETWEEN THE KYOOMA EAST AND KYOOMA WEST STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES. THE KYOOMA EAST DEPOSIT EXHIBITS LESS FAULTING AND CONTORTION THAN THE KYOOMA WEST DEPOSIT. THE KYOOMA EAST DEPOSIT IS CAPPED BY A RELATIVELY THICK BASALT. THE INFERIOR GRADE AND QUALITY OF THIS DEPOSIT AND THE THICKNESS OF THE BASALT CAP MAKE THIS DEPOSIT CURRENTLY UNECONOMIC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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