Mine detail: Golden Mile

Previously called 'SuperpitIncludes: Paringa, Fimiston, Klagurli, Perseverance, Lakeview,Great Boulder, Chaffers'

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Location

Lat / long: -30.7461, 121.53253

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite, Dolomite, Magnetite, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Greenstone,Basalt
Tectonic:Yilgarn Craton Late Archean Greenstone Belt
Alteration processes:Sericitic

References

MRDSTC43067
DEP10107234
Reference{Deposit:: SOLOMON, M., AND GROVES, D.I., 1994, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF AUSTRALI* MINERAL DEPOSITS: OXFORD, OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 24, 951 P.}{Deposit:: BOULTER, C.A., FOTIOS, M.G., AND PHILLIPS, G.N., 1987, THE GOLDEN MILE, KALGOORLIE: A GIANT GOLD DEPOSIT LOCALIZED IN DUCTILE SHEAR ZONES BY STRUCTURALLY INDUCED INFILTRATION OF AN AURIFEROUS METAMORPHIC FLUID: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 82, NO. 7, P 1661-1678.}{Deposit:: STEWART,, G.N., 1991, AUSTRALIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1991, P. 69-78.}{Production:: STEWART, 1991; SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994.}{Reserve-Resource:: SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994; STEWART, 1991.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.