Latitude: 32°43'22"S
Longitude: 148°11'42"E
Au-Cu mine (porphyry deposit, with quartz and pyrophyllite as gangue, as well as minor baryte).
Mined from 1860s, 1904-1917 and 1996-2005 (cyanide heap leaching); closed because the deposit was exhausted.
Located about 50 km N of Parkes.
The remaining open pit can be seen from a viewing platform.
References
- Bowman et al. (1982): Narromine 1:250,000 Mine Data Sheets. Geological Survey of N.S.W.
- Chapman, J.R. (2003): Peak Hill Au deposit, Peak Hill, NSW. Geological Survey of NSW and CRC LEME Report.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2005): Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database, Map, and Grade and Tonnage Models. USGS Open-File Report 05-1060.
- Squire, R.J., et al. (2007): Evolution of the Peak Hill high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Cu deposit, eastern Australia. Mineral. Deposita 42, 489-503.
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