Morning Star Mine, Woods Point, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 34' 12'' South , 146° 14' 51'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -37.5702435211, 146.24757499 |
"The mine is situated about 500 m west of Woods Point near Morning Star Creek. Discovered originally in 1861, some claims on Morning Star Hill produced some incredible yields although the tendency was for the operators not to divulge the results. The main payable reefs were the Age of Progress, Cherry, New and Middle. An estimated 650,000 oz. of gold were produced up until closure of the mine in 1963. The main shaft (2,000 ft.) is capped and two waterlogged adits can be seen on the lower track leading to the old cyanide working."
Mineral List
26 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Devonian 358.9 - 419.2 Ma | Norton Gully Formation, Yeringberg Formation Age: Devonian (358.9 - 419.2 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Norton Gully Formation, Yeringberg Formation Description: Marine turbiditic sandstone, siltstone, mudstone; minor conglomerate, diamictite Comments: sedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary siliciclastic Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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Morning Star Mine, Woods Point, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia