Mine detail: Gabanintha Mine

Previously called 'YagahongCanterburyIncludes: GabaninthaTerrellsKavanagh'

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Location

Lat / long:

-26.91987, 118.64374

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Phlogopite, Quartz, Talc
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1987

Geology

Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Komatiite (Ultramafite)
Structure:	Nnw- To N-Trending Shear Zone, E- To Ese-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Regional Metamorphism, , Silicification, Deep Weathering

References

MRDS	W700729
DEP	10107453
Reference	{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1988, FEBRUARY, P. 14-15.}{Deposit:: KAVANAGH, M.E., AND WALKER, I.W., 1990, GABANINTHA GOLD DEPOSITS, MEEKATHARRA, 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.}{Production:: KAVANAGH AND WALKER, 1990}
Reporter	Beougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J. (Preston, W.)