Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	18° 12' 13'' South , 127° 52' 19'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):	-18.20366,127.87196
GeoHash:	G#: qufbmy1eb
Locality type:	Group of Prospects
Köppen climate type:	BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate

Highly prospective and little studied potential prospects are not normally included on Mindat for Western Australia. However, Doug Stone's Old Halls Creek Goldfields map shows them as mines, and the fear is gold seekers will enter the area without full knowledge. This is a remote area in the Albert Edwards Ranges, and visitors need to be well prepared for emergencies.

This location came to light in a prospectus by the Great Australian Resources Limited in 2004. The sum total of examination at that stage was copper, lead, zinc, silver and tin had been found in outcropping gossans. It mentions colluvial scheelite and gold had been found in the area with no supporting details. The prospectus states the area is 'highly prospective for strata bound volcanogenic sedimentary hosted and skarn hosted sulphide mineralisation'. Or it might not be either.

Located 60 kilometres north-east of Halls Creek. Adventurers must first reach the Twelve Mile gold workings (see this Mindat locality), then ford the Elvirie River. Old exploration tracks head generally north for about 10 kilometres to the area. There are many side tracks going to sites of interest by exploration companies. The tracks are likely diabolical. The company also lists about two dozen further similar prospects north of here named after the station, Sophie Downs. No tracks of any sort could be seen accessing this area.

Map approximate only.

No minerals currently recorded for this locality.

Regional Geology

This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

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Statherian 1600 - 1800 Ma ID: 3184840

Paleoproterozoic intrusive rocks Age: Statherian (1600 - 1800 Ma) Comments: Halls Creek Orogen Lithology: Intrusive igneous 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]

Orosirian 1800 - 2050 Ma ID: 726190

Biscay Formation Age: Orosirian (1800 - 2050 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Biscay Formation Description: Low to medium grade metamorphosed basaltic volcanics, volcaniclastics, dolerites, pelites and carbonates; carbonate and chert lenses, and local sandstone interbeds Comments: igneous mafic volcanic; igneous volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic volcanic; igneous 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]

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