Dora Mine

Past Producer in Australia with commodities Platinum, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039113
MRDS ID M046654
Record type Site
Current site name Dora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 141.46817, -32.07566 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 141.46817, -32.07566

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Broken Hill District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEVENS, BARNES, LISHMUND, 1974, MIN. DEPOSITS NEW SOUTH WALES, P. 84 - 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-JAN-76 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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