Mine detail: Golden Crown

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -27.4629, 117.84932

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1897
First production started: 1897

Geology

Host rock:Great Fingall Dolerite
Host type:Diorite

References

MRDSW700045
DEP10084832
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Mosier, Dan