VIMP Report 64 - Mineral exploration history of the Warburton 1:250 000 map area
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Product description:Download The downloadable version of this report is supplied in PDF format. Abstract This report provides a summary of the work programs and results of mineral exploration within the Warburton 1:250 000 mapsheet area since the introduction of the Exploration Licensing (EL) system in 1965. Since that time, 147 ELs have expired within the area. A total of 106 ELs are described in this report. The remainder are confidential because they have been amalgamated into a current EL or converted to a mining licence. Mineral exploration work which has been carried out under other licence types (e.g. Mining Lease, Mineral Search Licence, Prospecting Area Licence) is also described. The Warburton 1:250 000 map area has a significant mining history, with gold mineralisation associated with the Woods Point Dyke swarm accounting for 98 000 kg or 10% of Victoria’s primary gold production. Copper, platinum, palladium, and silver mineralisation is also associated with the Woods Point Dyke Swarm. Other mineralisation in the Warburton 1:250 000 map area includes fault-related gold-antimony mineralisation; granitoid intrusion-related molybdenum, tungsten, and tin mineralisation; epithermal and volcanogenic massive sulphide gold mineralisation in Cambrian volcanics; stratabound copper and uranium mineralisation in sediments of the Howitt Province; and brown coal measures in the Maffra area of the Gippsland Basin. Bibliographic reference Batson, R.A., 1999. Mineral exploration history of the Warburton 1:100 000 map area. Victorian Initiative for Minerals and Petroleum Report 64. Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Related products:
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