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Blue Spec Mine

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Antimony, Gold
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255646
MAS/MILS ID 6020550059
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Spec Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 120.24929, -21.82987 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 120.24929, -21.82987
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1976

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mulga Mines Pty Ltd.
    Interest 82
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Metramar Minerals Ltd.
    Interest 18
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCKEOWN,M.R.,BLUE SPEC GOLD & ANTIMONY MINE,5TH EMPIR.MIN.&

  • Deposit

    CONGRESS,VOL.1(PUBL.AS GEOL.OF AUST.ORE DEPOSITS),1953,PP.23

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING,METRAMARS SHAFT SINKING PREPARATIONS,OCT.1

  • Deposit

    RAND MCNALLY & CO.,GOODES WORLD ATLAS,ED.-E.B.ESPENSHADE JR.

  • Deposit

    ED.,CHICAGO,ILL.,1970,P.179.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,GOLD/ANTIMONY EXPLOR.AT BILLJIM,APRIL 30,1970

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,METRAMAR MINERALS LTD.,MAY 1971,P.176

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,METRAMAR MINERALS LTD....,SEPT.1972,P.149

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,AUSTRALIA,DEC.1972,P.135.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,BLUE SPEC WORK,MARCH 1973,P.202.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN.,DRILL.PROGRAM AT BLUE SPEC MINE PROVES AU ORE RES

  • Deposit

    AUG.1974,P.74

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOURNAL,BLUE SPEC GETS GO AHEAD,OCT.18,1974,P.340.

  • Deposit

    MIN.MAGAZINE,AUST.AU-SB,NOV.1974,P.393.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN.,AUST.ANGLO AMERICAN DECIDES TO PROCEED WITH DEVEL

  • Deposit

    OF BLUE SPEC,DEC.1974,P.70.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.,HARD ROCK MIN.IN AUST.-1974-75,JUNE 1975,P.15.

  • Deposit

    BLOCKLEY,J.G.,SUNDRY MINER.IN THE ARCHEAN OF THE WESTERN AUS

  • Deposit

    SHIELD,THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTI.OF MIN.& METALL.,ECON.GEOL.OF

  • Deposit

    PAPUA NEW GUINEA,1.METALS,ED.-C.L.KNIGHT,1975,P.212.

  • Deposit

    METRAMAR MINERALS LTD.,1975 ANNUAL REPORT,PP.2-3,4-5.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS,P.J.,ANTIMONY,BUR.OF MIN.RESOURCES,GEOL,& GEOPHYSICS

  • Deposit

    MINER.INDUST.1973 REV.,AUST.GOVERN.PUBL.SERV.,CANBERRA,NSW,1

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOURNAL,NEW PARTNER FOR BLUE SPEC?,JAN.30,1976,P.83.

  • Deposit

    METRAMAR MINS.LTD.,PRIVATE COMMUNICATION,FEB.6,1976,AVAILABL

  • Deposit

    REQUEST FROM RESEARCH CENTER,EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOURNAL,BLUE SPEC COMMISSIONING,MAY 14,1976,P.341.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOURNAL,BLUE SPEC ON-STREAM,JULY 16,1976,P.53.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,AN UNDERGROUND DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM...,AUG.1976,P.1

  • Deposit

    MIN.MAGAZINE,GOLD MINE START-UP,AUG.1976,P.155.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.,BLUE SPEC MINE OPENED,OCT.1976,P.4.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.YEARBOOK 1976,ORE RESERVES OF AUST.MINES & PROSPECT

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTERN.DIR.OF MIN.& MINER.PROC.OPERS.1976,ENG.& MIN.JOU

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK,P.213.

  • Deposit

    MIN.MAGAZINE,BLUE SPEC PROGRESS,JAN.1977,P.48.

  • Deposit

    AUST.ANGLO AMERICAN LTD.,PRIVATE COMMUNICATION,APRIL 26,1977

  • Deposit

    AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM RESEARCH CENTER,EASTERN WASH.UNI

  • Deposit

    THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD.,WALTER SKINNERS MIN.INTERN.YEARBOOK

  • Deposit

    ED.-W.G.NIGHTINGALE,PP.117,374.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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