Queen of the May Gold Mine, Yundamindera Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 29° 7' 23'' South , 122° 1' 31'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -29.12320,122.02541 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qdyf2f21n |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
The original lease was taken up by prospectors Higgins and party around 1897. Beyond this, the mine follows a similar story to that of other leases along the line of lode. The prospectors sold the lease to the Potosi Consolidated Gold Mining Company, who were following a policy of expanding from their Potosi mine so the company would remain afloat. By 1905, it was only active on the Queen of the May lease. By 1908 the company had gone bust and ceased all mining on the goldfield.
Several tributers were on the leases after this, but John Leitch came to prominence. By 1919, he had control of the Queen of the May and several others nearby. An old battery from Battesville had been purchased and re-erected at the site. Leitch continued active mining into the 1920's. Activity was also likely by prospectors in the late 1930's.
In 1948 the Mining and General Development Company was formed with 25 000 pounds capital, and took over the Queen of the May, Queen of the May South, Potosi North and Golden Treasure leases, totalling 96 acres. They let on option the leases to the Linden (W.A.) Gold NL, formed in Melbourne. They in turn sub-optioned the leases to the Yundamindera Prospecting Syndicate, a local concern, in part composed of Henry Gordon Bannister, Horace Edmund Annear and James Annear. They employed five men, a pumping plant, and 2000 pounds to un-water the Queen of the May mine. By 1950 they were applying for exemptions, and nothing was found beyond this.
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| Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 3188638 | Archean volcanic and intrusive 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] |
| Neoarchean 2500 - 2800 Ma ID: 923196 | Bulla Rocks Monzogranite Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bulla Rocks Monzogranite Description: Hi-Ca granite. Fine- to coarse-grained biotite monzogranite; K-feldspar phenocrysts, locally megacrystic; foliated. Comments: igneous felsic intrusive; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic intrusive 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] |
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