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New Broken Hill M.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183650
MAS/MILS ID 6020150016
Record type Site
Current site name New Broken Hill M.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 141.46543, -31.96292 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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 Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 141.46543, -31.96292
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 30S
    Thickness 850M
    Length 7300M
    Width 250M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 MASS SULFIDE
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Strike And Dip :30S
    Date of Last Modification 830819

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Broken Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Broken Hill Consolidated, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • NEW BROKEN HILL CONSOLIDATED LTD IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AUSTRALIAN MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY LTD. (AM&S), WHICH IN TURN IS OWNED BY CONZINC RIO TINTO OF AUSTRALIA LTD (CRA). THE ADJACENT ZINC CORPORATION MINE IS ALSO OWNED BY AM&S AND THE TWO MINES SHARE EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES. COMMON MINING METHODS ARE ALSO USED AND LONG RANGE PLANNING IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BY THE SEPARATE MANAGEMENT TEAMS,

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 7000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 7000000mt ore
    Inferred 100000000mt ore
    Total resources 107000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 67 g/mt Silver Major 1981
    Lead Pb 8.6999 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Zinc Zn 13.6999 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Inferred 60000000mt ore
    Total resources 60000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 70 g/mt Silver Major 1981
    Lead Pb 8.8 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Zinc Zn 13.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 931M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Number of Shafts 6
    Capacity 4583
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 17.5
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 240
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • BYPRODUCTS RECOVERED DURING SMELTING AND REFINING INCLUDE SULFUR, COPPER, CADMIUM, GOLD, AND COBALT AND THALLIUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANNUAL REPORT OF CONZINC RIO TINTO OF AUSTRALIA LTD, 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINER NEWSPAPER, AUGUST 17-30, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    PRATTEN,R.D.,PB-ZN-AG ORE DEP.OF THE ZN CORP.& NEW BROKEN

  • Deposit

    HILL CONSOL.MINES,BROKEN HILL,GEOL.AUST.ORE DEP.,8TH

  • Deposit

    COMMONWEALTH MIN.& METAL.CONG.,1965,PP.333-335.

  • Deposit

    O'DRISCOLL,E.S.,THE ZN CORP.& NEW BROKEN HILL CONSOL.MINES,

  • Deposit

    GEOL.OF AUST.ORE DEP.,5TH EMPOR.MIN.& METAL.CONG.,VOL.1,

  • Deposit

    1953,PP.658-673.

  • Deposit

    MIN.& GEOL.STAFF,EXPLOR.& MIN.OPER.,THE ZN CORP.,LTD,NEW

  • Deposit

    BROKEN HILL CONSOL.,LTD.,BROKEN HILL,AUST.,CH.18,AIME WORLD

  • Deposit

    SYMPOS.ON MIN.& METAL.OF PB & ZN,VOL.1,1970,PP.301-326.

  • Deposit

    AM&S ACTION AT BROKEN HILL, MINING MAGAZINE,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1980, P. 563.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.YEARBOOK,1976,PP.24,29.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN.YEARBOOK,CATALOGUE,& SURVEY DIR.,JUNE,1976,P.137.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOUR.,MIN.ANNUAL REV.,AUST.MIN.& SMELT.,1976.

  • Deposit

    ENGNG.MIN.JOUR.,THE FIRST DECLINE SHAFT,MAY,1976,P.313.

  • Deposit

    ENGNG.MIN.JOUR.,CONZINC RIOTINTO OF AUST.,LTD.,9/76,P.313.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MINER.INDUST.ANN.REV.,1972,PP.198-199,340;1973,

  • Deposit

    PP.186,& 325

  • Deposit

    ENGNG.& MIN.JOUR.INTER.DIR.,1975,P.203.

  • Deposit

    "AUSTRALIAN MINING & SMELTING", MINING ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    REVIEW, 1979, P. 397.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOUR.,CAVING AFFECTS,BROKEN HILL MINE,OCT.1973,P.299.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOUR.,DISPUTE AT BROKEN HILL,JUNE,1968,P.473.

  • Deposit

    ENGNG.MIN.JOUR.,DEC.1973,P.130;JUNE 1973,P.281.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS SOURCEBOOK,NOV.1973.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN.,CAVE-IN AT BROKEN HILL WILL CUT ORE OUTPUT 10%,

  • Deposit

    NOV.1973.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.,3/15/67,P.72;8/15/66,P.47;6/15/66,P.41;9/15/66,

  • Deposit

    PP.87,&141.

  • Deposit

    "BROKEN HILL ORE DEPOSITS", 25TH INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, EXCURSION 1B, PP. 2-14.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOUR.,THE NEW BROKEN HILL,CONSOL.,MAY,1963,P.440;APRIL,

  • Deposit

    1964,P.325,&331;JAN.,1964.

  • Deposit

    MIN.MAG.,SEPT.1976,P.239

  • Deposit

    CRA, FIRST HALF RESULTS, MINING JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER

  • Deposit

    14, 1979, PP. 228-229.

  • Deposit

    EM&J, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1980.

  • Deposit

    EXTRACT FROM - THE CONSOLIDATED ZINC CORPORATION

  • Deposit

    LIMITED, SUPPLIED BY NEW SOUTH WALES DEPARTMENT

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND ENERGY - COMPLETE SOURCE OF THIS

  • Deposit

    EXTRACT NOT GIVEN.

  • Deposit

    LOUTHEAN, R. (ED.) REGISTER OF AUSTRALIA MINING,

  • Deposit

    1980 EDN., ROSS LOUTHEAN PUBLISHING, 1980.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979.

  • Deposit

    NEW BROKEN HILL CONSOLIDATED - OWNED BY CONZINC

  • Deposit

    REO TINTO THROUGH AUSTRALIAN MINING AND SMELTING

  • Deposit

    WOODLAWN MINE, MINING MAGAZINE, JULY 1979.

  • Deposit

    NIGHTINGALE, W.G. (ED.), FINANCIAL TIMES MINING

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1980, LONGMAN, LONDON.

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS HANDBOOK, THE ZINC CORPORATION LIMITED,

  • Deposit

    NEW BROKEN HILL CONSOLIDATED LIMITED, THE SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    POWER CORPORATION PTY. LIMITED, BROKEN HILL, NEW

  • Deposit

    SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, PRINTED 1978.

  • Deposit

    PRATTEN, R.D., "LEAD-ZINC-SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE ZINC CORPORATION AND NEW BROKEN HILL

  • Deposit

    CONSOLIDATED MINES, BROKEN HILL" IN ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF AUSTALIAN AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1

  • Deposit

    METALS, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MELBOURNE, 1975, PP.333-

  • Deposit

    335.

  • Deposit

    RIDGE, J.D., ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS IN AFRICA, ASIA, (INCLUSIVE OF THE USSR)

  • Deposit

    AND AUSTRALASIA, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY,

  • Deposit

    PERGAMON PRESS, NEW YORK, 1976.

  • Deposit

    "THE MINING CENTRES OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA",

  • Deposit

    25TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, EXCURSION

  • Deposit

    50A, 3 AUGUST - 13 AUGUST 1976, EXCURSION 50C,

  • Deposit

    25 AUGUST - 4 SEPTEMBER 1976, PP. 37-43.

  • Deposit

    WOODCOCK, J.T. (ED.), MINING AND METALLURGICAL

  • Deposit

    PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, THE SIR MAURICE MAWBY

  • Deposit

    MEMORIAL VOLUME, PUBLISHED BY THE AUSTRALIAN

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH

  • Deposit

    SERIES NO. 10, 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAGE A-10.IN 1974 ORE GRADE IMPROVED TO 9.3% PB,70G/MT AG,& ZN REMAINED AT 11.9% 76-RCD-040-LABOR SUPPLY,NO.EMPLOYED,SURFACE-329,UNDERGD-843. 76-RCD-080-DRIV.& CROSSCUTTING-2913.9M;RISING-415.3M,WINZ.- 2.9M,MIN.TIMBER USED-7180 CU.METERS,EXPLOS.-333160KG,WATER- 31560 MEGALITERS,ELECT.-37083033KWH,COMP.AIR-86280 CU.METER 76-RCD-050-DIAMOND DRILLING-19137 METERS. ORE BREAKING STATS.UNDERCUT & FILL-54135 TONS,5.66% OF TOTAL ,LOADER CUT & FILL-195290T,20.4%;CUT & FILL OPEN STOPES- 255721T,26.71%;CUT & FILL TIMBER STOPES-148150T,15.48%; SHRINK STOPES-225498T,23.56%;UP-HOLE STOPES-34238T,3.58%; DEVELOPMENT-35749T,3.73%;OTHER-8465T,0.88%

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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