Grand National Gold Mine, Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 31° 33' 28'' South , 119° 34' 26'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -31.55798,119.57396 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qdmh2zp17 |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
The Grand National Gold Mine is 15 kilometres south-east of Marvel Loch in an area called Burbidge, containing nine open pits. The mine is 500 metres south south-west of the Great Victoria Mine, and less than 100 metres south of the Tenacious Pig Mine, and less than 100 metres north-east of the Flying Pig Mine (yes these are real names).
The open pit was developed in the 1980's by Sons of Gwalia Ltd. Limited historic shaft development occurred at the site before the open pit.
Information was found for 1914. The shaft was down to 200 feet on a low grade sulphide lode at the 192 foot level. The lease was forfeited in mid 1915.
The Marvel Loch Gold Mining Company had an option over the mine in 1935.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
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| Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 798583 | pelitic and psammitic sedimentary rocks 74240 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Conglomerate, chert, small amounts felsic volcaniclastic rocks, sandstone, quartzite, siltstone, phyllite, schist, pelite, shale. Includes the former Hatfield Formation. Comments: argillaceous detrital sediment; sedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Argillaceous detrital sediment; 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] |
| Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 3189632 | Archean volcanic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Yilgarn Craton Lithology: Greenstone belt; mafic-ultramafic volcanic rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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