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Broken Hill South

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073045
MRDS ID W018851
Record type Site
Current site name Broken Hill South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 141.44873, -31.99621 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT EAST OF CITY OF BROKEN HILL. 450 KM BY RAIL NE OF PORT PIRIE.

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hedenbergite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Wallrock, Oxidation Of Surface Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneisses, Amphibolite, Granite, B.I.F
    Rock description Gneisses, Amphibolite, Granite, B.I.F
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 141.44873, -31.99621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Globe - Vauxhall Fault, Hanging Wall Basin, Broken Hill Anticline, Broken Hill Basin, Assoc. Drag Folds

Ore body information

  • General form CONCORDANT LENSES
    Dip 75 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Found In Folds, Parallel To Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Discoverer Charles Rasp
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Broken Hill District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minerals Mining And Metallurgy Ltd

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 - IN QUARTER ENDING 9-30-74 COMPANY PROCESSED 62,047 MT FROM DUMPS AND 31,391 MT FROM UNDERGROUND MINING. ITEM 17 - BASED ON QUARTERLY AVERAGES OF 10,000 TO 15,000.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name WESTERN OREBODY
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 2270000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 2.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1974
    Zinc Zn 3.2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1974
    Silver Ag 24 g/mt Silver Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2 - AS OF 6-30-74, 45,000 MT OF CARBONATE ORE HAD BEEN STOCKPILED. GRADE 5.5% PB, 64 G/MT AG. BH SOUTH LTD SOLD THE MINE TO MMM IN 1972 BECAUSE REMAINING ORE WAS UNPROFITABLE.
  • ITEM 2 - AS OF 6-30-74, 45000 MT OF CARBONATE ORE HAD BEEN STOCKPILED, GRADE 5.5% PB, 64 G/MT AG. BH SOUTH SOLD THE MINE TO MMM IN 1972 BECAUSE REMAINING ORE WAS UNPROFITABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 732M

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 894 MET TONS ; ECON.YEAR: 1973 ; ECON.COM: 2449 MTPD MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACK, A.B., 1953, BROKEN HILL SOUTH MINE; IN EDWARDS, A. B. ED., GEOL. OF AUST. ORE DEP.: 5TH EMP. MINING METALL. CONG., V. 1, P. 650 - 657.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1970, EXPL. & MINING OPERATIONS, ZN CORP. LTD., NBH CONSL. LTD., BROKEN HILL AUSTL.; IN RAUSCH & MARIACHER EDS., AIME SYMP. PB - ZN, P. 301-326.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, 1972, BROKEN HILL SOUTH MINE CLOSES, AMERICAN METAL MARKET 5-16-72, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.

  • Production

    E/MJ INTL. DIRECTORY 1975, P. 84, 207

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING/MINING JOUR. 3-75, P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD W700813 OF D.J. BEOUGHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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