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Milkmans -Two Miles Leads

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Gold, Tin
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066395
MRDS ID TC42567
Record type Site
Current site name Milkmans -Two Miles Leads

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.19858, -33.87957 (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
Tin Critical Secondary

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.19858, -33.87957
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grenfell Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE GRADE AT MILKMANS LEAD WAS 7 G AU/MT; 68 G AU/MT AT TWO MILE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMES 2 MT/CM.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AT MILKMANS LEAD INCLUDE SHAFTS AND DRIVES AT A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 150 M.

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 GOLD IS BELIEVED TO BE DERIVED FROM SMALL QUARTZ VEINS IN ORDOVICIAN SLATE; THE TIN FROM GRANITE.

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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