Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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One of the major Ag-Pb-Zn mines along the main Line of Lode at Broken Hill. The mine lies near the western extremity of the main Broken Hill lode. Originally started as a re-treatment mine to extract remnant zinc from large tailings dumps left over from the early years of Broken Hill, the Zinc Mine shaft was then sunk to access sulphide ore at deeper levels towards the south-western end of the line of lode. The large steel headframe of the Zinc mine was incorporated into the Consolidated Zinc mine (q.v.). The mine was merged with the North Broken Hill Peko mine to become Pasminco Mining in 1988. In 2002 the Pasminco Southern Operations mine was purchased by Perilya, who are the current (2012) operators of the mine. There are three main shafts accessing the orebody within the boundaries of the mining lease and these are (following a south-western strike, starting at the northern end of the lease) the Zinc Shaft, NBHC Shaft and the Southern Cross Shaft.

Mineral List

Acanthite Alabandite Antimony Arsenopyrite Bournonite Bustamite Calcite var: Manganoan Calcite Chalcopyrite

Cubanite Fluorite Gahnite Galena Gold Gudmundite Hisingerite Inesite Löllingite

Magnetite Molybdenite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrosmalite-(Mn) Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Amethyst

Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Rutile Sillimanite Spessartine Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Valleriite

36 entries listed. 34 valid minerals.

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