Coan Copper Mine, Mount Hope, Blaxland Co., New South Wales, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 32° 44' 10'' South , 145° 46' 45'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -32.73632,145.77917 |
Age: | At least 5000 Ma |
Geologic Time: | : to Early Devonian |
Reference for age: | Gilligan, L.B., Suppel, D.W. (1993) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Nymagee 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (SI/55-2). Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 171 pages. |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
According to Carne (1908) the mine was known as Coan Copper Mine, Mineral Lease 33.
A former small underground copper deposit that operated in the early 1900s.
Apparently no known workable or defined ore body was found.
The deposit is located on the south-west side of Coan Peak.
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4 valid minerals.
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Middle Devonian - Early Devonian 382.7 - 419.2 Ma ID: 3189604 | Paleozoic volcanic rocks Age: Devonian (382.7 - 419.2 Ma) Comments: Lachlan Fold Belt Lithology: Felsic volcanic rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Early Devonian - Ludlow 393.3 - 427.4 Ma ID: 917661 | Mount Hope Group Age: Paleozoic (393.3 - 427.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Mount Hope Group Description: Massive to flow banded, spherulitic, vesicular and mottled, rhyolite and rhyodacite lavas, marine 'igniturbidite' ashflow tuffs, volcanic and lithic sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone, mudstone and breccia; rare basalt Comments: igneous felsic volcanic; feldspar- or lithic-rich arenite to rudite; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic volcanic; feldspar- or lithic-rich arenite to rudite Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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