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North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia

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Currently (2008) redeveloped.



References:
- Ramdohr, P. (1950): Die Lagerstätte von Broken Hill in New South Wales. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333 (in German).





Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Antimony
    Sb
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Bournonite
    PbCuSbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Breithauptite
    NiSb
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Bustamite
    (Mn
    2+
     
    		,Ca)[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Minerals Of Broken Hill, Worner and Mitchell Editors, AMS Ltd. Publishers ]
    Site Photo
    North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Greg Murray
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Cassiterite ?
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1987) 82:1037-1043]
  		•  Cubanite
    CuFe
     
    2
    		S
     
    3
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Dyscrasite
    Ag
     
    3
    		Sb
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Minerals of Broken Hill, page 167; Economic Geology (1987) 82:1037-1043]
    Site Photo
    North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
     
  		•  Ganophyllite
    (K,Na,Ca)
     
    2
    		Mn
     
    8
    		(Si,Al)
     
    12
    		(O,OH)
     
    32
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [www.crocoite.com/census/minerals/ganophyllite.xml.]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Gudmundite
    FeSbS
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1987) 82:1037-1043]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Johannsenite
    CaMn
    2+
     
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Description: Bluish green xls, found in the late 1980s; (Fe+Mg)/Mn = 0.54. All other Broken Hill johannsenites analysed were actually Mn-rich hedenbergites.
    Reference: [Birch, W. D., ed. (1999): The minerals of Broken Hill. Broken Hill City Council and Museum of Victoria, Broken Hill, Australia, 289 pp.]
    Site Photo
    North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Linnaeite
    Co
    2+
     
    		Co
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Löllingite
    FeAs
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Nickeline ?
    NiAs
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1987) 82:1037-1043]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
    Site Photo
    North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Keith Compton
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1987) 82:1037-1043]
  		•  Stannite
    Cu
     
    2
    		(Fe,Zn)SnS
     
    4
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Sturtite
    Reference: [Keith Compton collection]
    Site Photo
    North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © Keith Compton
  		•  'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Tephroite
    Mn
    2+
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: ["Minerals of Broken Hill", William Birch, Editor, Published by Broken Hill City Council, 1999]
    Site Photo
    North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
    © JSS
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1987) 82:1037-1043]
  		•  Valleriite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		,Cu)
     
    4
    		(Mg,Al)
     
    3
    		[(OH,O)
     
    6
    		|S
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]
  		•  Wolframite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
     
     
    		to (Mn
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
    Reference: [Ramdohr, P. (1950): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 2(4), 291-333.]


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