Talga Talga Goldfield, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Talga Talga Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Marble Bar | - not defined - |
| East Pilbara Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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21° 0' 28'' South , 119° 49' 40'' East
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The Talga Talga Goldfield is about 30 kilometres north of Marble Bar, and west of the Port Hedland-Marble Bar Road. It was mainly an alluvial field with many large nuggets found from the goldfield's discovery in 1894 to 1910. Most of the gold was found in gullies below the McPhees Reward and adjacent Day Dawn leases.
Talga Talga was discovered in 1894 by the McPhee brothers, Charles, Rory and Angus, and they were awarded a reward lease (known as McPhees Reward). The greatest activity on the goldfield was in 1896. However the goldfield soon declined as only limited reef gold was found. The McPhees Reward Gold Mining Company was unable to find payable stone, the battery closing in 1897.
By 1903, only three men are reported on the field, dryblowing and making tucker money. To that point the field had produced 1928.63 ounces of gold from 830.55 tonnes of ore from the pegged leases. There was an unknown amount of alluvial, although thought to be large, with 1000 ounces of large nuggets claimed to 1903. Occasional large slugs continued to be reported, with a minor alluvial rush in 1907 in a fresh patch about a quarter of a mile from the old workings.
Little remains other than some minor pits, in a south-west to north-east trending creek, which crosses the Marble Bar Road and enters the Talga River. There is also some minor bulldozing work in the hills above, at the McPhees Reward site.
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| β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Localities: Reference: Gibb-Maitland, A. (1908), The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of the Pilbara Goldfield, Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1908 |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, p425 |
| β 'Chlorite Group' Reference: Gibb-Maitland, A. (1908), The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of the Pilbara Goldfield, Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1908 |
| β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 Reference: Gibb-Maitland, A. (1908), The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of the Pilbara Goldfield, Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1908 |
| β Galena Formula: PbS Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 2, p 329 |
| β Gold Formula: Au Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region. Reference: Mail newspaper (Perth) (1938), Discovery of Marble Bar, 06/10/1938. |
| β Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Reference: Gibb-Maitland, A. (1908), The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of the Pilbara Goldfield, Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1908 |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: Reference: Gibb-Maitland, A. (1908), The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of the Pilbara Goldfield, Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1908 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Galatea Mine, Talga Talga Goldfield, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia McPhee's Reward Mine (Zephyr), Talga Talga Goldfield, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia North-West Goldfields Mine, Talga Talga Goldfield, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia Star of the North Gold Mine, Talga Talga Goldfield, Marble Bar, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia Reference: Gibb-Maitland, A. (1908), The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of the Pilbara Goldfield, Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1908 |
| β Siderite Formula: FeCO3 Reference: Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 3, p 548 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| β | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
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| β | '' | - | |
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | β Galena | PbS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Galena | PbS |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Western Mail newspaper (Perth) (1903), Talga Talga and Bamboo Creek. Report by Warden Ostlund, 28/11/1903
The Daily News newspaper (Perth) (1908), A Decent Nugget weighing 5.5 lb Found at Talga Talga, 30/12/1908
The Pilbara Goldfields News newspaper (Marble Bar) (1897), Talga, 02/04/1897
The Pilbara Goldfields News newspaper (Marble Bar) (1907), A Rush at Talga, 27/07/1907
The Daily News newspaper (Perth) (1895), The Talga Talga Fields, 04/09/1895
The Inquirer and Commercial News newspaper (Perth) (1896), Rich Find at Talga Talga, 27/03/1896
The Daily News newspaper (Perth) (1895), Sensational Find at Talga Talga, 31/08/1895
The Pilbara Goldfields News newspaper (Marble Bar) (1903), Another Big Slug, 05/12/1903
The Inquirer and Commercial News newspaper (Perth) (1895), A Talga Talga Specimen, 18/10/1895
Western Mail newspaper (Perth) (1896), Another Rich Specimen from Talga Talga, 17/04/1896
Murchison Advocate newspaper (1903), Huge Nugget at Talga Talga, 05/12/1903
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