Tin Pot Lead

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099608
MRDS ID TC42564
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Pot Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.24844, -40.49615 (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
Platinum 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.24844, -40.49615

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 Goonigal-Tin Pot Gold

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Williams, Stiff And Party; Others

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMES 2 MT/CM.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT. SHAFTS AND DRIVES TO 49 M DEEP.

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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BURIED TERTIARY PLACER. PLACER GOLD DERIVED FROM QUARTZ VEINS IN OR ADJACENT TO ACID VOLCANICS. GOLD OCCURRED IN POT HOLES 25-75 MM DEEP AND A FEW TENS OF MM LONG IN GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.