Mine detail: Westonia Gold Deposits

Previously called 'Edna May'

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.28857, 118.6976

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Ilmenite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Biotite, Feldspar, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz, Zircon

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1911-1922, 1935-1947, 1985-
First production started:	1911

Geology

Host rock:	Edna May Gneiss;;
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Greenstone Belt

References

MRDS	W700783
DEP	10085221
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: DRUMMOND, A.J., AND BEILBY, G.R., 1990, WESTONIA GOLD DEPOSITS, 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. 289-1295.}{Production:: DRUMMOND AND BEILBY, 1990.}
Reporter	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orrid, Greta J. (Preston, W.)