Mulgabbie Perseverance Gold Mine, Mulgabbie Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mulgabbie Perseverance Gold Mine | Mine |
| Mulgabbie Goldfield | Mining Field |
| Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 9' 33'' South , 122° 25' 32'' East
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October 1903, Robb and party working the Mulgabbie Perseverence mine struck an unknown ore which turned out to be telluride. At that point it was the only example of the ore outside of the Golden Mile (Kalgoorlie). Thirty five leases were taken out. Perseverence took out one and a half tonne of telluride ore, but it did not prove extensive.
Some telluride gold specimens were saved from Perseverence for exhibition in London. The State Government considered purchasing them for a time, then declined. It is a depressing state of affairs so little of Australia's early mineral wealth has been retained. The Mulgabbie Perseverence specimens contained items including solid pieces of gold at 35oz, 12 oz and several at 1-2oz. There were further specimens showing black metallic petzite, and lighter possibly calaverite with large coarse nuggets 'standing up like miniature monuments, and causing the specimens to appear exceedingly handsome by the contrast of colours' according to one awe-struck observer.
Some samples were tested by the Government Geological Survey Laboratories. One specimen contained much pyrite in bands and lenses along the planes of the foliated rock. There was also a narrow irregular vein of carbonate with some quartz cutting across the foliated plane. Free gold was visible in association with petzite, a telluride of gold containing 24% gold and 41% silver, with lighter material, possibly calaverite, but unconfimed
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15 valid minerals.
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| β Aguilarite Formula: Ag4SeS Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Altaite Formula: PbTe Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Calaverite Formula: AuTe2 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, p 345 |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 278, 1948 |
| β 'Chlorite Group' Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 278, 1948 |
| β Enargite Formula: Cu3AsS4 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 278, 1948 |
| β Gold Formula: Au Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Hessite Formula: Ag2Te Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Krennerite Formula: Au3AgTe8 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 278, 1948 |
| β Petzite Formula: Ag3AuTe2 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 2, 1948 |
| β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 278, 1948 |
| β 'Tennantite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 278, 1948 |
| β 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, pp 278, 1948 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Aguilarite | 2.BA.55 | Ag4SeS |
| β | Altaite | 2.CD.10 | PbTe |
| β | Calaverite | 2.EA.10 | AuTe2 |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Enargite | 2.KA.05 | Cu3AsS4 |
| β | Hessite | 2.BA.60 | Ag2Te |
| β | Krennerite | 2.EA.15 | Au3AgTe8 |
| β | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| β | Petzite | 2.BA.75 | Ag3AuTe2 |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| β | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| β | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)The Kalgoorlie Western Argus newspaper (1907), The Mulgabbie Specimens, 10/12/1907
The Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper (1905), The Mulgabbie Perseverence, 28/12/1905
The Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper (1947), Mulgabbie Telluride Sensational in 1903, 04/07/1947
The Kalgoolie Western Argus newspaper (1905), Mulgabbie Mining, 14/02/1905
The Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper (1904), Mulgabbie Mining, 31/08/1904
Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1999):82: 165-168
Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vols 1, 2 & 3, State Government of Western Australia, 1948
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