Golden Gate Gold Mine, Billjim Goldfield, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Golden Gate Gold Mine | Mine |
| Billjim Goldfield | Gold Field |
| Nullagine | - not defined - |
| East Pilbara Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
21° 48' 30'' South , 120° 25' 7'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nullagine | 215 (2014) | 33.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
274570
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:274570:4
GUID (UUID V4):
6a6f57e9-b477-4a09-8fc9-5c5b939ad66a
Along with the Billjim Mine, two kilometres to the west, Golden Gate was the other major mine in the area, although little information was found.
In 1913, it is reported E. Dunne and A. Mark had taken up the lease, and were producing crushings. The lease is then under option to Consolidated Gold Areas in 1939, who sink a shaft down 40 feet, and conduct exploration work.
In 2015, several short lived shallow pits were developed in the vicinity by Millennium Minerals Limited.
The Golden Gate deposits are hosted by weakly metamorphosed shale, siltstone and sandstone beds, as an east north-east trending sequence. Within this is an array of brittle quartz vein sets. All the gold is hosted in these strongly sheared quartz vein arrays, and shears in the metasediments.
Gold is associated with two zones of quartz veining: 1) north-west to south-east trending, 2) north-east to south-west trending. The reef systems are up to 20 metres wide, and dip steeply by 60 to 70 degrees north-east.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Pilbara CratonCraton
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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