Comstock Mine
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Comstock mining operation in West Coast, Tasmania is at mine site is situated 4 km west of the township of Zeehan along Trial Harbour Road and neighbours the Avebury Nickel mine a further 4 kilometres to the south-west.
The Comstock lead, zinc mine is[1] an operating and producing mine. The Comstock area is held under mining lease 5M/2007 covering over 245 hectares.
The mine consists of a gravity processing plant, tailings dam, offices, access roads, power lines and a number of open cut pits. These open cuts were the result of previous mining operations and most run north-east with one having a dog-leg to the north. At its deepest point, the Alisons open cut is around 30 metres below the surface.[2]
