Blackwood Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160002
MAS/MILS ID 6020150022
Record type Site
Current site name Blackwood Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 141.44873, -31.96622 (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
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 141.44873, -31.96622

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1973

Mining district

District name Broken Hills District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Minerals, Mining And Metallurgy: (Mmm)
    Home office Australia
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 1200000mt ore
    Indicated 138000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1338000mt ore
    Total resources 1338000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 6 wt-pct Lead Trace 1976
    Silver Ag 60 g/mt Silver Trace 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCEBOOK,MARCH 1974.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,SOUTH MINE,MINING ANNUAL REVIEW,1976.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOUR.,MINER.,MIN.& METAL.MAKES LOSS,JUNE 1976,P.480.

  • Deposit

    ENGNG.MIN.JOUR.,JULY 1976,P.132.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAGE A-10,ZN-NO RESERVE GRADE GIVEN,BUT PRODUCT.RECORD SHOWS MORE ZN PRODUCED:7568MT OF PB CONCENTRATE;12120MT OF ZN CONCENTRATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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