Mountain King Gold Mine (Donovan's Find; Howlett's Battery), Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mountain King Gold Mine (Donovan's Find; Howlett's Battery) | Mine |
| Marvel Loch | Loch |
| Yilgarn Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 29' 13'' South , 119° 31' 23'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Palmer | 117 (2014) | 17.5km |
| Southern Cross | 712 (2012) | 34.5km |
| Moorine Rock | 189 (2013) | 41.9km |
Go about three kilometres along the main road south-east of Marvel Loch and take a straight track heading south-west just before the main road crosses the Emu Barrier Fence. This will take you to the former site of Howlett's Battery, in an area known as Donovan's Find.
The battery operated in the years before World War One, and closed in 1950. Battery sands, some minor corrugated iron buildings, bits of mining machinery, rusting drums etc can be found in the area. Go beyond this and the track enters a local farmer's homestead and is best avoided.
The Mountain King is a closely spaced collection of old shafts, less than 50 metres north-west of the battery sands. This was never a large operation, mining conducted by a miner and his mate at best. The earliest crushing found was 1908, of 163 tonnes at 122 ounces of gold.
J. Pincombe and R. Withall are found operating the mine 1914 and 1915, and possibly for a longer period unknown due to a lack of information found. There was an erection of a cyanide plant at the mine in 1912. The main shaft was down to 346 feet.
In 1918, it was reported the mine till that point had produced 780 tonnes of ore for 555 ounces of gold, and that it was abandoned.
Tuckey and party were operating the mine in 1925. A Mountain King Syndicate crushed 90 tonnes for 50 ounces from the mine in 1939.
Gold is associated with sub-parallel and tensional quartz veins in shear zones, hosted within amphibolite, ultramafic rocks, and to a lesser extent pelitic metasedimentary rocks. Some gold is also found in banded amphibolite. Arsenopyrite is the dominant sulphide, and the alteration assemblage is commonly pyroxene, biotite, and feldspar.
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| β Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Reference: Brumby Resources Ltd (2008), Geologist's Report on the Brumby Gold Project, 14/02/2008 (the source does not name the geologist) |
| β 'Biotite' Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 Reference: Brumby Resources Ltd (2008), Geologist's Report on the Brumby Gold Project, 14/02/2008 (the source does not name the geologist) |
| β 'Chlorite Group' Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, p 464 |
| β 'Feldspar Group' Reference: Brumby Resources Ltd (2008), Geologist's Report on the Brumby Gold Project, 14/02/2008 (the source does not name the geologist) |
| β Gold Formula: Au Reference: Brumby Resources Ltd (2008), Geologist's Report on the Brumby Gold Project, 14/02/2008 (the source does not name the geologist) |
| β 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 Reference: Brumby Resources Ltd (2008), Geologist's Report on the Brumby Gold Project, 14/02/2008 (the source does not name the geologist) |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Brumby Resources Ltd (2008), Geologist's Report on the Brumby Gold Project, 14/02/2008 (the source does not name the geologist) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Biotite' | - | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| β | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| β | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
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 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| O | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Si | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | β Biotite | K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2 |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Kalgoorlie Western Argus newspaper (1914), Marvel Loch, 30/06/1914
The Southern Cross Times newspaper (1912), Marvel Loch, 29/06/1912
Sunday Times newspaper (Perth) (1918), Abandoned Gold Mines, 16/06/1918
Western Argus newspaper (Kalgoorlie) (1925), Yilgarn Goldfield, 24/01/1925
Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper (1908), Southern Cross, 25/07/1908
The Southern Cross Times newspaper (1911), South Yilgarn, 03/06/1911
Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper (1939), Yilgarn Yields, 03/11/1939
Brumby Resources Ltd (2008), Geologist's Report on the Brumby Gold Project, 14/02/2008
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Mountain King Gold Mine, Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia