Lat / long: | -26.91987, 118.64374 |
Primary: | Gold |
Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite |
Gangue: | Biotite, Chlorite, Phlogopite, Quartz, Talc |
Discovery year: | 1897 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Yes |
Development status: | Producer |
First production started: | 1987 |
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 |
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.) |