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Kara

Producer in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255744
MAS/MILS ID 6020450001
Record type Site
Current site name Kara
Alternate or previous names Aberfoyle and Storeys Creek Mines, S Creek Mines,Kookaburra-Lutwyche, Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 146.79845, -41.32943 (WGS84)
Elevation 730

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Stannite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 146.79845, -41.32943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 30N
    Thickness 450M
    Length 600M
    Width 122M
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:30N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1872
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1931
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Rossarden

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Forestwood Australia Ltd
    Interest 50
    Home office Australia
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Copper Exploration Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Australia
    Year 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AS OF 1/83 OTHER NAME:KOOKABURRA-LYTWYCHE
  • M1C2=M9C5. PRINCIPAL RESERVES CONSIST OF ABOUT 700, 000 MT OF JIG TAILINGS CONTAINING 0.2% COMBINED TUNGSTEN AND TIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 420M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 280
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 75.3
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • UNDERGROUND MINING INFORMATION REFERS TO THE ABERFOYLE MINE- MINING AT THE STOREYS CREEK MINE IS CONFINED TO THE EXTRACTION OF REMNANT PILLARS BY OPEN STOPING. ORE RECOVERY VARIES BETWEEN 75% AND 95%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1975, ENG. MIN. JOUR. INT. DIRECTORY MING, P.202.

  • Deposit

    KINGSBURY,1965,CASSITERITE & WOLFRAMITE VEINS OF ARBERFOYLE'S CREEK:IN 2ND ED.,VOL.1,GEOL.AUST.ORE DEPOSITS,J.MCANDREW M.,MELBOURNE,P.506-511.

  • Deposit

    CONNOLLY,H.J.C.,1953,ABERFOYLE TIN-WOLFRAM MINE:IN 1ST ED.,G

  • Deposit

    T ORE DEPOSITS,A.B.EDWARDS,ED.,AIMM,MELBOURNE,P 1200-1208.

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS,A.B.,1953,IBID,P 1209-1212.

  • Deposit

    EDWARDS,A.B.,1957,MINERALIZATION AT ABERFOYLE TIN MINE,ROSSAS.: PROC.AUST. INST MIN.MET.,NO.181,93-145.

  • Deposit

    BLISSET,A.H.,1959,GEOL ROSSARDEN STORY'S CREEK DIST:GEOL.SUR

  • Deposit

    LL. 46.

  • Deposit

    AUST BUR.MIN. RES,1970,AUST.MINERAL INDUSTRY,1969-REVIEW

  • Deposit

    ABERFOYLE LTD., ANNUAL REPORT, 1980.

  • Deposit

    TIN-TUNGSTEN ORE MINING AT ABERFOYLE TIN LTD, ROSSARDEN TASMANIA, P.J. REYNOLDS. MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, J.T. WOODCOCK, ED., AIMM MONO 10, 1980.

  • Deposit

    TIN-TUNGSTEN ORE TREATMENT AT ABERFOYLE TIN, LTD., ROSSARDEN TASMANIA, P.J. MCGUSHIN. MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA. J.T. WOODCOCK, ED., AIMM MONO 10,

  • Deposit

    TIN-TUNGSTEN-TANTALUM ORE TREATMENT-AUSTRALIAN MINING, NOV. 1981, P. 74.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-SEP-1992 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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