Lady Edith Gold Mine, Gindalbie Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 19' 38'' South , 121° 44' 28'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.32729,121.74113 |
GeoHash: | G#: qdwe6r14w |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
The Lady Edith came to notice briefly in 1910. A.H. Fletcher discovered a new line of reef, west of the town site, in October 1909. Hampton (surname) is also noted as owner of the lease. 10 acres. The shaft reached a depth of 130 feet, on a reef 4 feet wide. Across 1910, the pair produced 225 tonnes of ore for 251 ounces of gold, averaging 30 dwt.
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: 785512 | felsic volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks 74288 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Quartz-feldspar (meta-) porphyry, porphyritic microgranite; rhyolite, dacite, rhyodacite, andesite; agglomerate, breccia tuff; felsic schist; felsic volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks; dacite and rhyodacite tuff; dacite porphyry; Comments: igneous volcanic; igneous felsic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous volcanic; igneous felsic 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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