Hawthorne Gold Mine (Hawthorn; Hawthorn Reward), Montague Range Goldfield, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 27° 30' 12'' South , 119° 31' 4'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -27.50338,119.51805 |
GeoHash: | G#: qehgx9nmh |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
GML 109B. The earliest report found was 1905, where the mine was being worked by four men, with a shaft down to 95 feet. The reef is 2 feet 6 inches wide, with a parallel reef containing a shaft to 25 feet. Fresh water was found at the 80 foot level.
The mine produced during its life 1555 tonnes of ore at 2013 ounces.
In 1906, it is reported to be owned by W.E. Naughton and W.T. George. However, they appeared to be conducting little mining themselves. Two sets of tributers are working the mine during 1905, with seven shafts now, the main to 110 feet deep. Most of 1906, Bewick Moreing and Co had an eight month working option over the mine.
In 1907, H.J. Saunders floated the Birrigrin Gold Mines Ltd which took over the lease. Some crushings are reported but by 1908 the company was in liquidation. It is noted by the local newspaper much machinery delivered to the site remained on the ground and had not been erected.
By 1909, the mine was under tribute again with Calder and party, working a side reef. They were active until 1910, now GML 1092.
Commodity List
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1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
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Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 814254 | mafic extrusive rocks 74255 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Metabasalt, high-Mg basalt, tholeiitic basalt, carbonated basalt, agglomerate, mafic schist, dolerite, amphibolite; porphyritic basalt and dolerite; komatiitic basalt; mafic pyroclastics; minor mafic schist with granite intercalations Comments: igneous mafic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic volcanic 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: 3191865 | 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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