Little Wonder West Gold Mine, Twenty Mile-Sandy Creek Goldfield, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Little Wonder West Gold Mine | Mine |
| Twenty Mile-Sandy Creek Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Nullagine | - not defined - |
| East Pilbara Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° 51' 41'' South , 120° 19' 24'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nullagine | 215 (2014) | 22.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
274472
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:274472:1
GUID (UUID V4):
ec3545b7-f5a6-46c4-9eeb-6f0b6f7854e5
Historic gold mine adjacent to the west of the Little Wonder Mine. GML 138. The lease contained two shafts, the western most down to 21 feet deep on a reef 3 feet wide, carrying quartz veins to 20 inches across. Gold values decreased with depth. The eastern shaft was down to 103 feet, the first 33 feet vertical and the rest on decline. It accessed a reef along a fault.
60 holes were drilled into the deposit in 1994. Inferred Resource 60 000 tonnes of ore at 1.79 g/t.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Pilbara CratonCraton
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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