Theil Well Gold Mine, Siberia Goldfield (Waverley), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 20' 31'' South , 120° 54' 25'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.34200,120.90706 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qdtgrk3v4 |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Theil Well is an abandoned open pit developed by Leighton Mining in the 1980's. It is about 15 kilometres south-west of the former Siberia town site. At the cross roads take the road south-west, which then turns sharply south, before ending at the mine.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
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| Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 3187518 | Archean volcanic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Yilgarn Craton Lithology: Greenstone belt; mafic-ultramafic volcanic 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] |
| Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 730360 | ultramafic and minor mafic rocks 74475 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Tremolite-chlorite-talc amphibolite, metapyroxenite, pyroxenite, peridotite, serpentinite, ultramafic schists, komatiite, high-Mg basalt; also chalcedony, silica, jasper, silcrete, silica cap rock on ultramafic rocks Comments: igneous ultramafic intrusive; meta-igneous ultramafic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous ultramafic intrusive; meta-igneous ultramafic 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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References
Theil Well Gold Mine, Siberia Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia