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Red Dome Mine

Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085212
MRDS ID W700772
Record type Site
Current site name Red Dome Mine
Alternate or previous names Mungana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 144.39882, -17.11368 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Comments on the location information

  • IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 64
USGS model code 18f
Deposit model name Skarn Au
Mark3 model number 82

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chillagoe Formation
    Rock description Chillagoe Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 144.39882, -17.11368
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chillagoe District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elders Resources
    First year 1987

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 1,000,000 AND 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.

  • Deposit

    THEODORE, T.G., ORRIS, G.J., HAMMARSTROM, J.M., AND BLISS, J.D., 1991, GOLD-BEARING SKARNS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1930, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    TORREY, C.E., KARJALAINEN, H., JOYCE, P.J., ERCEG, M., AND STEVENS, M., 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE RED DOME (MUNGANA) GOLD SKARN DEPOSIT, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, IN MACDONALD, A.J., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF GOLD'86, AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD: TORONTO, 1986, P. 3-22.

  • Reserve-Resource

    THEODORE AND OTHERS, 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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