Finlayson Queen Mine (Finlaysons Queen), Black Hill, City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 33' 15'' South , 143° 52' 14'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -37.55419,143.87070 |
GeoHash: | G#: r1q63g7qy |
Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Historic gold mine.
The Finlayson Queen Gold Mining Company was registered in February 1881. In May the same year a ceremony was held to mark out the shaft. Part media event, part promotion to shareholders, part booze up excuse, ceremonies were held by mining companies within the Ballarat area to turn the first sod of soil where the shaft was to be sunk, then later another to mark the starting of the battery, or for alluvial gold mining the pumping engine.
The company had initially placed 6000 of 16000 shares on the market, but it is assumed there were few takers, as the offer was withdrawn, and money repaid to those who had purchased shares. Instead ten well known Ballarat mining investors stepped in. C.B. Finlayson was chairman, after whom the mine is named, and it is assumed he was a major capital contributor to operations. The shaft was sited on a small ledge on the side of Black Hill, where once the Independent Mine battery had stood.
Samuel Prout had originally started work on the lease in 1857, with a six stamp battery, and shaft to a depth of 150 feet. He obtained around 10 000 ounces of gold. A second shaft was sunk to the west. However, water overwhelmed the workings, and the lease was sold to the Black Hill Company. In 1881, the Finlayson Queen Company leased the claim off the Black Hill Company. Part of the lease also covered the old two Ton Company lease, now also controlled by the Black Hill Company. No information was found beyond 1881, and it is thought the enterprise was short lived.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: The Ballarat Courier newspaper (1881) Finlaysons Queen Company, 12 May 1881. |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
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Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
ⓘ | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Early Silurian - Cambrian 427.4 - 541 Ma ID: 3185333 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (427.4 - 541 Ma) Comments: Lachlan Fold Belt Lithology: Sedimentary 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] |
Darriwilian - Tremadocian 458.4 - 485.4 Ma ID: 931622 | Castlemaine Group Age: Ordovician (458.4 - 485.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Castlemaine Group Description: Marine turbiditic sandstone, mudstone, black shale; minor granule conglomerate. Comments: sedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary siliciclastic 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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