Balcanoona Mine, Wertaloona homestead, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australiai

Regional Level Types
Balcanoona Mine	Deposit (Inactive)
Wertaloona homestead	Homestead
North Flinders Ranges	- not defined -
Flinders Ranges	Mining Region
South Australia	State
Australia	Country

Summary of Mines Record Card (Deposit No. 2112).

Copley Sh5409/Balcanoona Card No: 14 states;

Name: Balcanoona Mine

East side of the Flinders Range, about 1 ½ miles W old Moro Mine (which was discovered circa 1857).

Copley Sh5409/Balcanoona Card No: 14

History: Operating 1901
The mine was never successfully worked but was examined, mapped at 100 feet/1 inch, sampled and abandoned by C.R.A. in 1963.

Geology: Quartzose sandstone spur running diagonally across the strike of the bedding planes of the sandstone. Irregular patches of blue and green carbonate impregnate the sandstone. Small thread veins, consisting of quartz with copper carbonate, and occasionally a little grey ore, can be traced laterally and downward for a few feet, and then appear to die out; the sandstone on each side of these veins is heavily stained with copper carbonate, and copper stains in patches and bunches appear in the sandstone bedding to a thickness of about 40’, but no defined vein or lode exists.

Workings: Two shallow pits, and some costeans

Grade: Picked sample 17 ¾% Not suitable for concentration – by machinery (George 17-6-01)
Copper values between 1-3% were encountered in places and some rich base metal zones around a few small faults – zinc up to 2.2%, copper to 1.1%, and lead to 0.4%. Cobalt contents were low. One chip sample showed 0.8% mercury.

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