Maloney Gold Mine, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Maloney Gold Mine | Mine |
| Norseman | - not defined - |
| Dundas Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 32° 10' 35'' South , 121° 47' 14'' East | ||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -32.17660,121.78730 | ||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: qdq8gq6v9 | ||||||
| Locality type: | Mine | ||||||
| Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate | ||||||
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Historic gold mine locality from the late 1890's. GML 66. 12 acres. There were two shafts at 60 and 35 feet depth. The lease was forfeited in September 1897.
It subsequently became part of the Three Kingdoms mine GML 655, 12 acres, which was forfeited at the end of 1899.
The northern portion became part of the Two Williams mine GML 881, 5 acres from May 1903 to February 1904, when it reverted to P.A. 57. The southern portion of the original lease became part of the Nil Desperandum mine GML 830.
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1 valid mineral.
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| Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
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| Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
Regional Geology
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| Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 929443 | colluvium 38491 Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Colluvium and/or residual deposits, sheetwash, talus, scree; boulder, gravel, sand; may include minor alluvial or sand plain deposits, local calcrete and reworked laterite Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith 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: 3189181 | Archean sedimentary rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Yilgarn Craton Lithology: Sedimentary 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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