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Darling Hill

Past Producer in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037854
MRDS ID M045045
Record type Site
Current site name Darling Hill
Alternate or previous names Little Darling Creek, Mount Darling Creek, Renalson's Claim, Mount Darling Creek Group, Red Hill Group, Darling Range Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 141.47373, -31.95455 (WGS84)
Relative position 265 NE OF ADELAIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Sperrylite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 141.47373, -31.95455
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, LENTICULAR VEINS
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sandstones And Mudstones Intruded By Pegmatite, Amphibolite And Serpentine And Highly Folded

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer J.C.H. Mingaye

Mining district

District name Broken Hill District

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1906-1907 RAN 0.3-4.3% NI. IN 1915, 0.44 OZ/TON IR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 76-77

  • Deposit

    ANDREWS, E.C., 1922, THE GEOL. OF THE BROKEN HILL DISTRICT, MEMOIR OF GEOL. SURV. NEW SOUTH WALES, NO. 8, P. 191, 294

  • Production

    IMP. INST. GR. BR. (1936)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1889, 1891

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-DEC-74 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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