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Bushman Lead and Tributaries

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105407
MRDS ID TC42570
Record type Site
Current site name Bushman Lead and Tributaries
Alternate or previous names Tributaries Include Shallow Rush, Little Bushman, Great Northern, Possum Gully, Sardine Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 148.18192, -33.14626 (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

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 148.18192, -33.14626
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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 Parkes Forbes Gold

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4500M
    Overall depth 48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINING. WORKINGS INCLUDE SHAFTS; DRIVES ARE 27-48 M DEEP AND EXTEND FOR 4500 M.

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.

  • Production

    BOWMAN, 1977.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BURIED TERTIARY PLACER. SOURCE OF GOLD IS QUARTZ VEINS WITHIN THE STREAM BASIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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