Largest of three mines in the area that produced copper, lead, silver and minor gold from 1874 to 1915. The deposits are considered volcanogenic massive sulfide in origin and consist of steeply-dipping, tabular, layered bodies emplaced in the Silurian Peelwood shale at its contact with the Kangaloolah Volcanics.
References:
Markham, N.L. (1961): Mineral composition of sulphide ores from the Peelwood, cordillera and Mt. Costigan mines, Peelwood district, N.S.W. Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 199,133-156.
Felton, E.A. (1975): Mine Data Sheets to Accompany Metallogenic Map, Goulburn 1:250 000 sheet. Geological Survey of New South Wales Metallogenic Map Series, Department of Mines, Sydney.
Scott, K.M., P.M.Ashley, and D.C. Lawrie (2001): The geochemistry, mineralogy and maturity of gossans derived from volcanogenic Zn-Pb-Cu deposits of the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, NSW, Australia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 72,169-191.
Mineral List:7 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.
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