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Thompson River Copper Mine

Past Producer in Victoria, Australia with commodities Silver, Palladium, Copper, Platinum, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037860
MRDS ID M045053
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson River Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Walhalla Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 146.39936, -37.93059 (WGS84)
Relative position 80 MILES E. OF MELBOURNE ON JUNCTION OF COOPERS CREEK AN THOMPSON RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Victoria(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Victoria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KEAYS AND KIRKLAND GIVE 33 ANALYSIS FOR PD, IR, AU, CU, CO, CR, NI, ZN, S, ETC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bravoite Ore
Chalcanthite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Electrum Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Malachite Ore
Millerite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Low Grade Metamorphism, Dike Hydrothermally Altered

Analytical data

Result 9.3-10,400 PPB PD
Result 0.42-66,000 PPB AV
Result 0.01-72 PPB IR
Result 100-258,000 PPM CU
Result 38.3-1,998 PPM CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 146.39936, -37.93059
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting Post Dike

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE POD
    Strike N 10-20 W
    Dip 66 NE
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 228.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulfide Melt Caught In Structual Trap In Dike And Contact-Possible Remobilization Of Gold During Hydro. Alteration-Pt Not Moved As Much As Au

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Gippsland District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coopers Creek Mining And Exploration N.L.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION 1913-1963; NO. 1 ORE BODY MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1963-1972, DEVELOPMENT WORK BEING DONE
  • IF KEAYS MOBILIZATION IDEA CORRECT, THERE SHOULD BE OTHER MASSIVE PT-BEARING SULFIDE DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH WOOD'S PAINT DIKE SWARM, POSSIBLY NEAR OTHER AU VEIN LADDER DEPOSITS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ORE BODIES; NO. 1 IN CONTACT OF DIKE AND SEDIMENTS; NO 2 IN DIKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1969, USGS PROF. PAPER 630, P. 72

  • Deposit

    KEAYS, R.R., AND KIRKLAND, M.C., 1972, ECON. GEOL., V. 67, P. 1263-1275

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS, A.B., ANDERSON, J.S, HART, J.G., 1942, AUST. INST. MINING METALLURGY PROC., NO. 125, P. 61-69

  • Deposit

    IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 78

  • Production

    IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, P. 78; KEAYS AND KIRKLAND, 1972, P. 1264

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KEAYS AND KIRKLAND SAY DIKE ROCK IS CLOSE IN COMPOSITION TO AVERAGE PYROENITE THEREFORE ULTRA MAFIC DIFFERENTIATE MAPS GIVEN IN KEAYS AND KIRKLAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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