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Gahnite from
Perilya Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gahnite
Formula:ZnAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gahnite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Perilya Potosi Mine (Potosi Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:960170
Long-form Identifier:1:3:960170:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Gahnite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘPotosi Silver Peak Mine (Silver Peak Mine), Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘNorth Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.9km (2.5 miles) ⓘBlock 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘGlobe Mine, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘCBH Rasp Mine (Rasp Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘKintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.9km (3.6 miles) ⓘRupee mine (Newberry mine), Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘBroken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
7.0km (4.4 miles) ⓘZinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Southern operations Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘNine Mile (Nine Mile Creek), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
P.M. Buckley (2003) Geological mapping at the Potosi open pit. in Peljo, M., 2003. Broken Hill Exploration Initiative: Abstracts from the July 2003 conference. Record 2003/013. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. pp18-19
 
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