| Deposit ID | 10085171 |
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| MRDS ID | W700722 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cosmo Howley Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Cosmopolitan Howley |
| Geographic coordinates: | 131.38241, -13.53054 (WGS84) |
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| Relative position | 160 KM SE OF DARWIN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Northern Territory*(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Northern Territory* |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
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| (1) | 131.38241, -13.53054 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Howley Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Intense Faulting |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Production years | 1892-1903 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dominion Mining Ltd. |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 2825000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 16000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 25000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1989 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 6000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700722 |
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY, 1988, P. 15.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, OCTOBER, 1987, P. 12.
ALEXANDER, K.R., KAVANAGH, M.E., AND ROLFE, G.L., 1990, COSMO HOWLEY GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 751-753.
ALEXANDER AND OTHERS, 1990.
E/MJ, 1987
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MUCH OF THE ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ VEINS, BRECCIAS AND SHEARS AND HIGHER GRADE ORE IS COMMONLY HOSTED BY IRON FORMATION ADJACENT TO DISCORDANT STRUCTURES. A SYNGENETIC COMPONENT IS PRESENT AS STRATIFORM ORE OCCURS WITHIN BANDED IRON FORMATION SOME DISTANCE FROM STRUCTURAL FEATURES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-89 | Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-94 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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