Galwadgere

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207799
MAS/MILS ID 6020150006
Record type Site
Current site name Galwadgere
Alternate or previous names Christies, Dawn of Galwadgere, Old Paint, Mcdowells

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 149.06528, -32.66298 (WGS84)

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
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 149.06528, -32.66298

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Year of first production 1936
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Dubbo

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compass Resources N. L.
    Interest 65
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Commodities Ltd.
    Interest 20
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Noel Adam (Prospector)
    Interest 15
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Inferred 1700000mt ore
    Total resources 1700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1991/92, P.184.

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.217.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GOLD DEPOSITES OF QUEENSLAND:

  • Deposit

    BMR DATAFILE (MINDEP), P39-1 - 39-5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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