Big Chief, Kooline Station (Kooline Silver-Lead Field), Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Big Chief | - not defined - |
| Kooline Station (Kooline Silver-Lead Field) | - not defined - |
| Ashburton Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
23° 11' 34'' South , 116° 35' 22'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
125674
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:125674:4
GUID (UUID V4):
ec615acf-c2d8-477d-9839-5398458e07b6
Locality: 16 km south east of Kooline.
The richest galena and cerussite is found in a narrow bed of sheared mudstone, and schist, about 12 metres long, dipping 60 degrees south. This is found between massive quartz sandstone above, and 0.6 metres of lithic sandstone below. The Hanging and Footwalls contain some disseminated cerussite.
The lessees of the South Kooline Mine were Francis Gray and Hap Herrick, who were also carting ore from the Big Chief Mine. The Big Chief Mine is about 12 kilometres south-east of the main Kooline field, south of the Ashburton River and near the Kooline Station boundary. It was an open cut only 7 metres long by 5 metres wide by 3 metres deep. Other people were mentioned associated with the mine (possibly employees) in 1952. These included Darkie Hill (described as a Kooline identity), Jean Campbell, Win Adams, 'Doc'James who would ride the rough tracks on his motorcycle getting medical supplies for the mines. Lessee Hap Herrick whose nickname 'The Kooline Flyer' may indicate a history in the air force or some involvement with planes, but we don't know.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Ashburton BasinBasin
- Fortescue BasinBasin
- Gascoyne ProvinceGeologic Province
- Hamersley BasinBasin
- Pilbara CratonCraton
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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