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Miltalie Silver Mine (Miltalie Mine), Cowell, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australiai
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Miltalie Silver Mine (Miltalie Mine)Mine
Cowell- not defined -
Eyre PeninsulaPeninsula
South AustraliaState
AustraliaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 34' 7'' South , 136° 46' 36'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-33.56861,136.77667
GeoHash:
G#: r41303j8x
GRN:
S23E82
Type:
Mine
KΓΆppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Miltalie133 (2018)5.5km
Cowell882 (2012)18.4km
Port Gibbon182 (2011)25.5km
Cleve1,015 (2013)29.5km
Arno Bay431 (2013)41.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
16341
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:16341:8
GUID (UUID V4):
18cdcf54-f897-47f8-9702-0b77cf2320d1


Miltalie Silver Mine was developed in ~1890 on Cu-Ag-Pb-Zn mineralisation with anomalous As-Ti. The mine was worked again from 1910-14. No production records were apparent. The State Government drilled 3 diamond holes in 1915-16, but none of the holes penetrated either the calc-silicate host, nor the lode formations. The orebody was described as comprising galena, azurite, malachite, and cerussite, with trace silver. Company sampling identified highly anomalous zinc (best to 3.95%), also trace gold.

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15 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Silver1.AA.05Ag
β“˜Graphite1.CB.05aC
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
β“˜Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
β“˜Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
β“˜Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
β“˜Galena2.CD.10PbS
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
β“˜Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
β“˜Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
β“˜Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
β“˜Azurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
β“˜Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Hβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Cβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Cβ“˜ GraphiteC
Cβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cβ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Oβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Oβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ AcanthiteAg2S
Sβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sβ“˜ GalenaPbS
Sβ“˜ MarcasiteFeS2
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Sβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feβ“˜ MarcasiteFeS2
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Feβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feβ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cuβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cuβ“˜ MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Znβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
AgSilver
Agβ“˜ AcanthiteAg2S
Agβ“˜ SilverAg
PbLead
Pbβ“˜ CerussitePbCO3
Pbβ“˜ GalenaPbS

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References

SA Geodata Database, Deposit Number: 7226
Record of mines (1980), Summary card No:57, Whyalla S 5308
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