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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Operation type
- Underground
- Workings
- Surface, Underground
- Discovered
- 1846
- First production
- 1971
Records and references
MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT 1976, P. 239BROKEN HILL SOUTH LIMITED. ANNUAL REPORT 1979. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 1975PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONSTECHNICAL PAPER-OPERATIONS AT KATMANTOO BY KATMANTOO MINES LLTD. REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1990/91, P. 270.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10134011 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -35.24611, 139.00873
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