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Elura

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215001
MAS/MILS ID 6020150035
Record type Site
Current site name Elura

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 145.76536, -31.11299 (WGS84)
Elevation 225
Location accuracy 1000(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
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 145.76536, -31.11299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 250M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 510M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830718

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1974
Mining method Open Stope
Year of first production 1983
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Cobar Basin Deposits

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pasminco Ltd.
    Home office Australia
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner North Broken Hill Peko Ltd.
    Interest 40
    Home office Australia
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cra Ltd.
    Interest 40
    Home office Australia
    Year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Korea Zinc
    Interest 40
    Year 1994
    First year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • KOREA ZINC HAS BOUGHT 40% OF THE ELURA MINE FROM PASMINCO.

Production statistics

  • Year 1990
    Description 6 Month Production To Dec. 1990 39000 Mt Zinc Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 39000mt
  • Year 1991
    Description 6 Month Production To Dec. 1991 15000 Mt Zn Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 15000mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Zn Metal Production 42300 Mt Zn Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 42300mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Jan.-Sept. Zn Production 31000 Mt Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 31000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Zn Metal Prod. 46500 Mt Zn Metal
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 46500mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Jan.-Sept. Zn Prod. 33000 Mt Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 33000mt
  • Year 1995
    Period 1994-1995
    Description Zinc In Concentrate-94/95 73100 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 73100mt
  • Year 1996
    Period 1995-1996
    Description Zinc In Concentrate-95/96 66200 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Zinc Zinc 66200mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Measured 13400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 13400000mt ore
    Total resources 13400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5.6 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 8.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Silver Ag 139 g/mt Silver Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Measured 19280000mt ore
    Indicated 4470000mt ore
    Demonstrated 23750000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 6.09 wt-pct Lead Major 1989
    Zinc Zn 8.9 wt-pct Zinc Major 1989
    Silver Ag 123 g/mt Silver Major 1989
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Inferred 6180000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5.69 wt-pct Lead Major 1988
    Zinc Zn 8.79 wt-pct Zinc Major 1988
    Silver Ag 63 g/mt Silver Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 26450mt ore
    Demonstrated 26450mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 12.56 wt-pct Lead Major 1988
    Silver Ag 2750 g/mt Silver Major 1988
    Gold Au 8.12 g/mt Gold Minor 1988
    Copper Cu 1.31 wt-pct Copper Minor 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 17900000mt ore
    Total resources 17900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5.72 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 8.72 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Silver Ag 86.2 g/mt Silver Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Indicated 31200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 31200000mt ore
    Total resources 31200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 5.8 wt-pct Lead Major 1995
    Zinc Zn 8.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1995
    Silver Ag 66 g/mt Silver Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MADE UP OF 17 MMT MEAS RESOURCE @9%ZN, 6.2%PB, 88G/MT AG + 14.1 MMT@8.5% ZN, 5.4%PB, AND 44G/MT AG.
  • D.B. HAS AS EXPL. DEP. PAH REPORT 8/87 SHOWS FULL PRODUCTION IN 1985/1986. START UP IN 1982. MINING IN TWO STAGES; STAGE ONE TO 410 METERS; STAGE TWO TO 750 METERS. USES BOTH SHAFT AND DECLINE. OPEN AT DEPTH
  • NEW MINE (ZN = +65K, PB = +40K) PAH ORE RESERVES AS OF 1/86 29.890 MILLION MT +

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 401M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Percent Recovery 88
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    Slope of Inclines 8
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 4758
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    *CRU MONITOR, APR. 1994, P. 7.

  • Production

    *CRU METAL MONITOR, ZINC, MAR. 1992, P. 7.

  • Production

    *CRU MONITOR, ZINC, DEC. 1993, P. 8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, ELURA MOVING TOWARDS PRODUCTION EARLY IN

  • Reserve-Resource

    1983, DEC. 1982, P. 526.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTH BROKEN HILL PEKO LTD. 1988 ANNUAL REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 38, 42, 48.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,SEPT.16,1977,P.222

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING YEARBOOK,1976, P.29

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING YEARBOOK CATALOGUE,SURVEY,DIR.,JUNE 1976,P.137

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING,JAN.1977,P.55

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING,MARCH,1975,P.94

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.INDUST.REVIEW,VOL.28,NO.2,P.46

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,SEPT.1976,P.256

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,OCT.1974,P.321

  • Deposit

    THE INTERNATIONAL ATLAS,E.AUST.,RAND MCNALLY,1969,P.157.

  • Deposit

    BROOKE, W.J.L., COBAR MINING FIELD, ECON. GEOL. OF AUST.

  • Deposit

    AND P.N.G., MONO. SER. 5, 1. METALS, AUST. INST. OF MIN.

  • Deposit

    AND METALL., 1975.

  • Deposit

    EZ INDUSTRIES, LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS. 1976-80.

  • Deposit

    LOUTHEAN, R. (ED.), REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1980

  • Deposit

    EDITION, ROSS LOUTHEAN PUBLISHING, 1980.

  • Deposit

    MINER NEWSPAPER, BIG COBAR BONANZA, MAR. 3-17, 1980, P. 1,7.

  • Deposit

    NIGHTINGALE, W.G. (ED.), FINANCING TIMES MINING INTER-

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1980, LONGMAN, LONDON.

  • Deposit

    RIDGE, J.D., ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MINERAL DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    IN AFRICA, ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV.,

  • Deposit

    PERGANON PRESS, NEW YORK, 1976.

  • Deposit

    CRU ZINC MONITOR-AUGUST 1996

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-96 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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