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Warrego Mine

Past Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodities Gold, Copper, Bismuth
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085227
MRDS ID W700790
Record type Site
Current site name Warrego Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 133.81567, -19.44679 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northern Territory*(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 133.81567, -19.44679
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Footwall Fault (Nnw-Trending)

Ore body information

  • Strike N48E
    Dip 70
    Plunge 47
    Plunge direction 125 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Structural Features

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Tennent Creek Gold Field

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 3170000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.7 g/mt Gold Major 1967
    Copper Cu 2.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1967
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 5000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7 g/mt Gold Major 1974
    Copper Cu 2.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
    Bismuth Bi 0.3 wt-pct Bismuth Major 1974

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 TONNES/YEAR. OPERATION SUSPENDED IN 1988. DISCOVERED BY GEOPHYSICS (MAGNETIC ANOMALY). ; ECON.COM: THIS MINE WAS THE LARGEST BISMUTH PRODUCER IN THE WORLD FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112.

  • Deposit

    WEDEKIND, M.R., AND LOVE, R.J., 1990, WARREGO GOLD-COPPER-BISMUTH 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. 839-843.

  • Production

    E/MJ, 1983; WEDEKIND AND LOVE, 1990.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEDEKIND AND LOVE, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAJOR AND SEVERAL MINOR MASSIVE MAGNETITE +/- QUARTZ +/- CHLORITE LENSES FORM THE ORE. MAGNETITE PRECEDES ECONOMIC MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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