Darling Hill

AU / New South Wales

•-31.95455, 141.47373View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Darling Hill is a historic mining site, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Serpentinite. Reported specimens include Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Nickel; logged ore minerals are Hematite, Limonite, Sperrylite. The site was discovered in 1889.

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Found Here

CobaltCopperGoldHematiteLimoniteNickelPlatinumSilverSperrylite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Serpentinite
Orebody form: VEINLETS, LENTICULAR VEINS

Ore minerals

HematiteLimoniteSperrylite

Ore control

Sandstones And Mudstones Intruded By Pegmatite, Amphibolite And Serpentine And Highly Folded

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small
Discovered: 1889

Records and references

Cited references

IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 76-77ANDREWS, E.C., 1922, THE GEOL. OF THE BROKEN HILL DISTRICT, MEMOIR OF GEOL. SURV. NEW SOUTH WALES, NO. 8, P. 191, 294IMP. INST. GR. BR. (1936)

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10037854 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -31.95455, 141.47373

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