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Mole River Arsenic Mine (Mole Mine), Clive, Clive Co., New South Wales, Australia

Latitude: 29°6'18"S
Longitude: 151°45'37"E
Located approximately 16km North-West of Clive.

Operated as shafts and underground workings 1889 to 1938.

As(CuSn) leucogranite related veins in metasediments proximal to felsic porphyry.

Mineral List

Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Biotite
Chalcopyrite
Fluorite
Galena
Goethite
Hematite
Krautite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Pharmacolite
Quartz
Scorodite
Stannite
Tetrahedrite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'


17 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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References

- Geochemical, mineralogical and biogeochemical characterisation of abandoned metalliferous mine sites, Southern New England Orogen. In Flood P.G (ed.) Regional Geology, tectonics and metallogenesis, New England Orogen 1-3 Forum, 1999, Department of Earth Science U.N.E. Australia.
- Ashley, P.M. & Lottermoser, B. G. (1999): Arsenic contamination at the Mole River mine, northern New South Wales. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46, 861-874.
-Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-10, SH/56-11), Geological Survey of New South Wales, 2001: HF Henley, RE Brown, JW Brownlow, RG Barnes and WJ Stroud. Published by the Geological Survey of New South Wales.

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