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ZC Mines

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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232501
MAS/MILS ID 6020150010
Record type Site
Current site name ZC Mines
Alternate or previous names Zinc Corp.Mine, New Broken Hill and Zc Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 141.49873, -31.94622 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 141.49873, -31.94622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 850M
    Length 7300M
    Width 250M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    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 1883
Mining method Caving Methods
Year of first production 1911
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Broken Hills District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pasminco Ltd.
    Home office Australia
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner North Broken Hill Peko Ltd.
    Interest 40
    Home office Australia
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cra Ltd.
    Interest 40
    Home office Australia
    Year 1989

Comments on the ownership information

  • ZINC CORP. LTD. IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AUSTRALIAN MINING AND SMELTING LIMITED (AM&S), WHICH IN TURN IS OWNED BY CONZINC RIO TINTO OF AUSTRALIA LTD. (CRA). PASMINCO LTD. IS A COMBINATION OF THE LEAD/ZINC OPERATIONS OF NORTH BROKEN HILL PEKO LTD. AND CRA LTD. FORMED IN 1988.

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Description 875117 Mtpy
  • Year 1967
    Description 863877 Mtpy
  • Year 1973
    Description 820408 Mtpy
  • Year 1976
    Description 843768 Mtpy
  • Year 1977
    Description 905787 Mtpy
  • Year 1978
    Description 857911 Mtpy
  • Year 1979
    Description 901059 Mtpy

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Measured 28900000mt ore
    Indicated 12200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 41100000mt ore
    Total resources 41100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 10 wt-pct Zinc Major 1987
    Lead Pb 7 wt-pct Lead Major 1987
    Silver Ag 64 g/mt Silver Minor 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • COMBINATION OF NEW BROKEN HILL AND ZINC CORP MINE.
  • PAH PB/ZN 89 SHOWS 41.1 MILLION MT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 947M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method CAVING METHODS
    Percent Recovery 88
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 3
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 12080
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 240
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CRA LTD. 1987 ANNUAL REPORT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOL.OF AUST.ORE DEP.,5TH EMP.MIN.& METAL.CONG.,VOL.1,1953,

  • Deposit

    PP.658-673.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STAFF,ZN CORP.& NEW BROKEN HILL CONSOL.MINES,EXPLOR.& MIN.

  • Deposit

    OPER.,THE ZN CORP.,LTD.,NEW BROKEN HILL CONSOL.,LTD.,

  • Deposit

    BROKEN HILL,AUST.,AIME WORLD SYMP.ON MIN.& METAL.OF PB & ZN

  • Deposit

    ,VOL.1,1970,PP.301-326.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.& SMELT.,1975 ANNUAL RPT.,NEW BROKEN HILL LTD.,THE

  • Deposit

    ZN CORP.,LTD.,P.9

  • Deposit

    MIN.INTERNAT.YEARBOOK,ZN CORP.,1976,P.615

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.YEARBOOK,ZN CORP.MINE,1976,P.29.

  • Deposit

    ENGNG.MIN.JOUR.,ZN CORP.MINE,INTERNAT.DIR.,1975.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MINER.INDUST.REV.,ZN CORP.,LTD.,1972,PP.198,340;1973,

  • Deposit

    PP.186,325;1975,PP.186,325.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOUR.,AUST.MIN.& SMELT.,MARKED INCREASE IN NET EARNINGS,

  • Deposit

    SEPT.1976,P.241

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OPER.HANDBOOK,AM&S,OPER.OF THE ZN CORP.,LTD.,NEW BROKEN HILL

  • Deposit

    CONSOL.,LTD.,THE SOUTHERN POWER CORP.,LTD.,BROKEN HILL,NSW,

  • Deposit

    AUST.,1974,P.77

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN.YEARBOOK,CATALOGUE,SURVEY,&DIR.,NSW,6/76,P.137.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT, ZINC CORP. LTD, 1979

  • Deposit

    EM & J INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1980.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROSS LOUTHEAN PUBLISHING, 1980.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IONAL YEARBOOK, 1980, LONGMAN, LONDON

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AFRICA, ASIA, (INCLUSIVE OF THE USSR) AND AUSTRALASIA,

  • Deposit

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, PERGAMON PRESS

  • Deposit

    STANTON, R.L., A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF CHEMICAL RELATION-

  • Deposit

    SHIPS BETWEEN SULFIDE LODE AND "BANDED IRON FORMATION" AT

  • Deposit

    BROKEN HILL, NEW SOUTH WALES, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 67,

  • Deposit

    1972, PP. 1128-1145.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IN AUSTRALIA, THE SIR MAURICE MAWBY MEMORIAL VOLUME,

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHED BY THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND

  • Deposit

    METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 10, 1980.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JULY 1980, PP. 69-70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPITAL COSTS AND OPERATING COSTS ARE UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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