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Fifield Lead

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Gold, Platinum
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103721
MRDS ID M046652
Record type Site
Current site name Fifield Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.46389, -32.84682 (WGS84)
Relative position 215 MILES N 65 DEG W. OF SYDNEY
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Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Trout Complex
    Rock description Trout Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.46389, -32.84682
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Crowl Creek Lineament

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years LEAD WAS ACTIVE AT LEAST 1893 TO 1964

Mining district

District name Fifield District

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION GIVEN FOR WHOLE FIFIELD DISTRICT, FIFIELD LEAD PRODUCED SOME FRACTION OF THIS - PLATINA GILLENBINE TANK AND GEORGINA LEAD PRODUCED OTHER FRACTIONS

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINING; WORKINGS INCLUDED SHALLOW PITS, SHAFTS TO A DEPTH OF 7 M.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M046652

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUPPEL, 1974, GIRILAMBONE ANTICLINORIAL ZONE, P. 119 - 131

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Deposit

    BOWMAN, H.N., RICHARDSON, S.J., AND DOLANSKI, J., 1982, NARROMINE 1:250,000 METALLIC MAP--MINE DATA SHEETS AND METALLOGENIC STUDY: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 337 P.

  • Production

    SUPPEL (1974)

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 53,000 G CONTAINED AU. WORKED MATERIAL CONSISTED OF SILT, SAND, GRAVEL.
Deposit SUPPEL SUGGESTS MORE BASIC. ROCKS OF TROUT CREEK COMPLEX AS SOURCE ALLUVIAL GOLD AND PLATINUM, BUT POINTS OUT THERE WERE SMALL GOLD-PYRITE - QUARTZ VEINS WHICH TO ME COULD HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 26-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey