The Puttapa deposit (or Beltana Mine) is located 9 km SSE of Leigh Creek South (470km north of Adelaide), and is currently owned by Pasminco. It was restarted in 1984 by the North Broken Hill Holdings, Ltd. Produced 46,000 tons of ore in 1984.
A zinc (willemite) deposit hosted in the Cambrian Wilkawillina Limestone. Mined as an open pit and the ore content estimations pre-mining were: 863'000t @ 38%Zn and 2.2%Pb.
The Mine/deposit is frequently named "Beltana-Aroona" because of a second occurence, the "Aroona Mine", located 10.3 km to the NW, whose ore was mixed with the "Puttapa" ore on the common stockpile.
References:
- Dallow, L. (1976): Puttapa. Australian Gems and Crafts Magazine, 15, 15-17.
- Elliott, P., Pring, A. & Birch, W. D. (1988): Tsumcorite from Puttapa, South Australia. Australian Mineral: 3(2): 67-69.
- Elliott, P. (1991): Minerals from the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South Australia. Mineralogical Record: 22: 449-456.
- Groves, I. M., Carman, C. E., Dunlap, W. J. (2003): Geology of the Beltana willemite deposit, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Economic Geology 98, 797-818.
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Map Reference: 30°40'32"S , 138°26'4"E
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