Lucky Draw Mine, Burraga, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lucky Draw Mine | Mine |
| Burraga | - not defined - |
| Georgiana Co. | County |
| New South Wales | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 54' 59'' South , 149° 34' 19'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
259610
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:259610:8
GUID (UUID V4):
7b4a7126-586c-4548-b70e-3a2a1466a013
Located approximately 5kms NNE of Burraga.
An unusual Gold-Bismuth-Tellurium deposit hosted by an iron skarn-type assemblage with garnet-amphibole rocks. Its 5.2 km northeast of Burraga. NSW.
The mine operated as an open cut.
Lucky Draw was discovered by Renison Goldfields Consolidated Ltd in 1985, commissioned in December 1988 and closed in 1993. During production the company mined 1.41 million tonnes of ore at an average grade of 4.2 g/t Gold.
A lot of the waste material can be found along the roadside near Burraga, where it was used as road fill. Good specimens of unweathered almandine garnet (up to 1.5cm in size) in gedrite came from the lower levels of the pit. Upon closure the pit is now filled with water. The garnets had a thin coating of sulphide, mainly pyrite, which contained the small quantities of gold.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
| β Almandine Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| β 'Biotite' Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| β Bismuth Formula: Bi |
| β Bismuthinite Formula: Bi2S3 |
| β 'Chlorite Group' |
| β Cordierite Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| β Gedrite Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| β Gold Formula: Au |
| β Hercynite Formula: Fe2+Al2O4 |
| β Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 |
| β Maldonite Formula: Au2Bi |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β Staurolite Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| β | Bismuth | 1.CA.05 | Bi |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Maldonite | 2.AA.40 | Au2Bi |
| β | Bismuthinite | 2.DB.05 | Bi2S3 |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Hercynite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Al2O4 |
| β | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Almandine | 9.AD.25 | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| β | Staurolite | 9.AF.30 | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| β | Cordierite | 9.CJ.10 | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| β | Gedrite | 9.DD.05 | β»{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| β | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Biotite' | - | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| H | β Gedrite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| H | β Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | β Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| O | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| O | β Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| O | β Gedrite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| O | β Hercynite | Fe2+Al2O4 |
| O | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Mg | β Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| Mg | β Gedrite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | β Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Al | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Al | β Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| Al | β Gedrite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| Al | β Hercynite | Fe2+Al2O4 |
| Al | β Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | β Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Si | β Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| Si | β Gedrite | ◻{Mg2}{Mg3Al2}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Bismuthinite | Bi2S3 |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Ti | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Almandine | Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Fe | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 |
| Fe | β Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
| Fe | β Hercynite | Fe2+Al2O4 |
| Fe | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Staurolite | Fe22+Al9Si4O23(OH) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
| Au | β Maldonite | Au2Bi |
| Bi | Bismuth | |
| Bi | β Bismuth | Bi |
| Bi | β Bismuthinite | Bi2S3 |
| Bi | β Maldonite | Au2Bi |
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Lucky Draw Mine, Burraga, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia