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Goonumbia

Occurrence in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066755
MRDS ID TC43052
Record type Site
Current site name Goonumbia
Alternate or previous names Parkes, Deposit Includes Endeavour 22, 26n, and 27

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.04859, -32.91294 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, May Be Up To 5 Minutes Incorrect., Estimated Location, May Be Up To 5 Minutes Incorrect.

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

Comments on the location information

  • IN WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Digenite Ore
Galena Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Wombin Volcanics;Goonumbia Volcanics
    Rock description Wombin Volcanics;Goonumbia Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.04859, -32.91294
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner North Broken Hill Holdings And Peko
    First year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 35000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.5 g/mt Gold Major 1990
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1990
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 85000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.6 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Copper Cu 6 wt-pct Copper Major 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOLOMON, M., AND GROVES, D.I., 1994, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL DEPOSITS: OXFORD, OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 24, 951 P.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112.

  • Deposit

    STEWART,, G.N., 1991, AUSTRALIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1991, P. 69-78.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994; EMJ, 1983; STEWART, 1991.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 DEPOSITS. PROPHYRY AU-CU DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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