North Lead

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10103625
MRDS ID M045050
Record type Site
Current site name North Lead
Alternate or previous names Gillenbine Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.46417, -32.84626 (WGS84)
Relative position 19 MILES FROM TRUNDLE; 215 MILES N 65 DEG W. SYDNEY BETWEEN LACHLAN RIVER AND BOGAN RIVER

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
Platinum Critical Primary
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result PT=92.01, IR=0.69, OS+IR=5.47, RH+PD=1.83 (MERTIE, 1969, RECALCULATED CONC.)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.46417, -32.84626

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N. Flowing Ancient Stream

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Fifield District

Comments on the production information

  • PT: AU= 8:1, 1= PRODUCTION PART OF 19.702 OZ FROM DISTRICT

Comments on the workings information

  • GRAVELS 80 TO 90 FEET BELOW SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW INCHES THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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