Mine detail: Golden Crown

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -27.4629, 117.84932
dep_id: 10084832
mrds_id: W700045
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_unit: Great Fingall Dolerite
hrock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1897
prod_yrs: 1897
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1986, V. 155, NO. 1, P. 8 (JULY).
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1987, JANUARY.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1989, P. 47.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.
  • Deposit:: HICKS, J.D., 1990, GOLDEN CROWN GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 217-220.
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