New Moon Gold Mine, Tennant Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 19° 35' 32'' South , 134° 20' 42'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -19.5923738969, 134.345000871 |
Wyatt states there are old workings at the site, but no historical information was found.
They occur on the north side of a small hillock of breccia, with four bands of east trending quartz-hematite bodies. Immediately north is a small sandstone outcrop, and a quartz blow, while south of the hillock is a few sandstone outcrops dipping east by 10 degrees.
The mine is on a south south-west pitching small anticline, with minor faults down throwing to the south. The main shaft is in breccia, with quartz-hematite to the south, and banded slate to the west.
While probably originally a gold mine, Wyatt states the mine site contains a copper anomaly, and elevated bismuth values.
To reach the mine, head east from the repeater station just east of Tennant Creek, along a rough track winding between hills passing several other small historic mines along the way. About 500 metres past the Hopeful Star mine turnoff, a faint track heads south south-east for one kilometre to the small hillock. Whether the remains of the shaft exist requires a visit, as all that can be seen is a small bulldozed area.
Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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References
Wyatt, J.D. (1971) Report on Phase 1 Exploration of the Gigantic New Moon - Hopeful Star Areas, Tennant Creek District, Northern Territory, Geotechnics (Aust) Pty. Ltd for Inter-Copper N.L., Northern Territory Geological Survey Open File.
