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Deposit Synonyms
Ms 1551
Mineral District
Deposit Summary
lode few cm to 2m wide. Production 1897 195 kg copper ore from 5.1 tonnes of ore, and in 1898, 483.4 kg of copper ore from 2 tonnes ore. Mineralogy calcite, chalcocite, malachite, and red copper oxide.
Deposit Description
SLATY ROCK, copper lode bearing 317 for >150m located on sections 35 and 36, Hundred of Cudlamudla. Discovered in 1897 and subsequently worked in a shaft to 18m. The lode varied from a few cm to 1.5m wide. Production in 1897 was 195 kg of copper ore from 5.1 tonne of ore, and in 1898, 483.4 kg of copper ore from 2 tonne of ore. The mineralogy of the lode was calcite, chalcocite, malachite, and red copper oxide (cuprite). The host rock is the Tapley Hill Formation. On imagery a line of openings can be traced for ~250m along the line of lode which trends NW at its southern end then curves to be almost EW at the northern end. 3 lines of an IP and resistivity survey were completed in 1970 by Adelaide Mining and Exploration Company PL. Results determined a high background effect that was interpreted as due to widespread minor sulphide mineralisation. There was no follow up sampling.
Discovery Year
< 1897
Commodities
Copper
Ore Minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue Minerals
Calcite, Iron oxide (non specific), Quartz
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