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South Lead and Tributaries

Producer in New South Wales, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100887
MRDS ID TC42565
Record type Site
Current site name South Lead and Tributaries
Alternate or previous names Tributaries Include North Lead, Manmans Lead, And Britannia Lead.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.01526, -33.39625 (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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.01526, -33.39625
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Parkes Forbes Gold

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner South Lead Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1862
    Last year 1864

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED GRADES OF 4.5 TO 15 G AU/MT, EXCLUSIVE OF RICH EARLY WORKINGS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMES 2 MT/CM.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT. WORKINGS INCLUDE SHAFTS, DRIVES FROM 64.5 M DEEP (SOUTH END) TO 33 M DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Deposit

    BOWMAN, H.N., 1977, MINEDATA SHEETS TO ACCOMPANY METALLOGENIC MAP FORBES 1:250,000 SHEET: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, P. 296.

  • Production

    BOWMAN, 1977.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERTIARY BURIED PLACER. QUARTZ QUARTZ LODES ARE REGIONALLY PRESENT. GRAVELS AVERAGE 0.75 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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