Log InRegister
Quick Links : The Mindat ManualThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryMindat Newsletter [Free Download]
Home PageAbout MindatThe Mindat ManualHistory of MindatCopyright StatusWho We AreContact UsAdvertise on Mindat
Donate to MindatCorporate SponsorshipSponsor a PageSponsored PagesMindat AdvertisersAdvertise on Mindat
Learning CenterWhat is a mineral?The most common minerals on earthInformation for EducatorsMindat ArticlesThe ElementsThe Rock H. Currier Digital LibraryGeologic Time
Minerals by PropertiesMinerals by ChemistryAdvanced Locality SearchRandom MineralRandom LocalitySearch by minIDLocalities Near MeSearch ArticlesSearch GlossaryMore Search Options
Search For:
Mineral Name:
Locality Name:
Keyword(s):
 
The Mindat ManualAdd a New PhotoRate PhotosLocality Edit ReportCoordinate Completion ReportAdd Glossary Item
Mining CompaniesStatisticsUsersMineral MuseumsClubs & OrganizationsMineral Shows & EventsThe Mindat DirectoryDevice SettingsThe Mineral Quiz
Photo SearchPhoto GalleriesSearch by ColorNew Photos TodayNew Photos YesterdayMembers' Photo GalleriesPast Photo of the Day GalleryPhotography

Gold from
Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Meloniteā“˜1 photo of Gold associated with Melonite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Gold associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:71283
Long-form Identifier:1:3:71283:1
GUID (UUID V4):4a8fccc2-9a36-466f-9bd2-e73d8eca8778
Localities for Gold in this Region
Fischer Shoots (Fisher complex), Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Gibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Otter Shoot Nickel Mine, Juan complex, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Long North, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Moran Mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Unnamed auriferous vein, Moran Mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Argo Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Athena-Hamlet Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Bahama-Santa Ana Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Belleisle Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Bellerophon-Nelson Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Beta Hunt Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Britannia-Sirius Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Cave Rocks Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Conqueror Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Delta Gold Mine (Delta South), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Diana Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
East Repulse Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Intrepide Gold Mine (Intrepid; West Intrepide), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Invincible Gold Mine (LT-17), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Junction Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Leviathan Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mars Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Minotaur Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
N31 Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Neptune gold prospect, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
North Orchin Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
North Revenge Kapai Gold Mine (NRK), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Orchin Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Pluton Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Redoubtable Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Revenge Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Revenge Grinder Gold Mine (Grinder), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Swiftsure gold prospect, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Thunderer Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Victory-Defiance Gold Mine (Victory mine; Defiance mine; N31; Conqueror Lode), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
West Revenge Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
1.9km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.0km (1.2 miles) ā“˜Fischer Shoots (Fisher complex), Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.1km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Moran Mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.2km (1.3 miles) ā“˜Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.2km (1.4 miles) ā“˜Beta Hunt Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.3km (1.4 miles) ā“˜Unnamed auriferous vein, Moran Mine, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.3km (2.0 miles) ā“˜Gibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3.9km (2.4 miles) ā“˜Otter Shoot Nickel Mine, Juan complex, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.5km (2.8 miles) ā“˜Long North, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.6km (2.9 miles) ā“˜Redoubtable Gold Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
m The "porphyry-gold" association in the Norseman-Wiluna Belt of Western Australia: implications for...for models of Archaean gold metallogeny Caroline S. Perring a, David I. Groves b, Jonathan N. Shellabear...Organisation, Private Bag, Wembley, WA, 6014, Australia b Key Centrefi~r Teaching and Research in Strategic...Deposits, The University o( Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia "Paterson Ord Minnett Ltd....Terrace, Perth, 14~A.6000, Australia d 54 Sublime Glade, Neerabup, I~4 603I, Australia (Received September 26
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geological Surveyof Western Australia, 100PlainStreet,EastPerth,Western Australia 6004,Australia J. T. KNIGHT...BHPMinerals-Exploration, 3 PlainStreet,EastPerth,Western Australia6004,Australia ANDE. J. MIKUCKI Center for Strategic...MineralDeposits, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009,Australia Abstract Golddeposits...and radiogenic isotopesignatures associated with gold mineralization areascribed to a metamorphic fluidthatwasmodified...EasternGoldfields superterrane, Yilgarneraton, Western Australia (Witt,1991,1993a;Knightet RECENT developments
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for the Kalgoorlie Terrane (Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia) Author: Patrick C. Hayman Nicolas TheĢbaud...for the Kalgoorlie Terrane (Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia), Precambrian Research (2015), http://dx.doi...the Agnew Greenstone cr (Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia) ip t Belt, and new regional correlations...d 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia University of Western Australia, Centre for Exploration and Targeting...Stirling Highway, te c M Australia Ac ce p M006 Crawley, WA 6009, Australia d Geological e Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nd-isotope systematics of the Upper Basalt Unit, 2.7 Ga Kambalda Sequence: Quantitative modeling of progressive...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia Department of Geological...mantle lithosphere a b s t r a c t The 2.7 Ga Kambalda Sequence comprises a maļ¬c and ultramaļ¬c volcanic...of the Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The Sequence is divided into the Lower Basalt...Basalt and Upper Basalt Units, separated by the Kambalda komatiite lava units. Upper Basalts have a total
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Controls on Associated Gold Mineralization, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia R. F. WEINBERG,ā€  Centre...Metallogeny, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia, and School of Geosciences...3800, Australia P. VAN DER BORGH, Centre for Global Metallogeny, University of Western Australia, Crawley...Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia R. J. BATEMAN, Mineral Exploration Research Centre, Willet Green...Metallogeny, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract The Boulder-Lefroy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1993 The Coolgardie Goldfield, Western Australia: district-scale controls on an Archaean gold camp in...Geophysics,The Universityof Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia Received: June 18, 1992/Accepted:...Abstract. Archaean lode gold deposits in the Coolgardie Goldfield, Western Australia, occur in mafic and...styles are represented by the deposits of the Coolgardie Goldfield. Mineralisation occurs along sheared...are associated with the auriferous lodes of the Coolgardie Goldfield. A high-temperature assemblage (formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Granites in the Bardoc-Coolgardie Area of the Norseman-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia W.K. WITT and C.P....Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, Perth, W.A. 6000 (Australia) (Received September...belt, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 44:323-351. Regional structures in the Bardoc-Coolgardie area...Archaean Norseman-Wiluna greenstone belt in Western Australia developed during early, large-scale thrusting...granodiorite and monzogranite. Recent models for Archaean gold mineralization suggest that auriferous fluidscontained
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...controls on gold mineralization in the Archaean Menziesā€Kambalda area, Western Australia W. K. Witt ...Geological Survey of Western Australia , 100 Plain Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia Published online:...controls on gold mineralization in the Archaean Menziesā€Kambalda area, Western Australia, Australian...Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 40:1, 65-86, DOI: 10.1080/08120099308728064 To
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in maļ¬cā€“ultramaļ¬c volcanic suites of the 2.7 Ga Kambalda Sequence, Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton Nuru...The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia b Department of Geological...available online 3 March 2011 Abstract The 2.7 Ga Kambalda Sequence comprises a maļ¬c to ultramaļ¬c dominated...of the Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The Sequence is divided into Lower and Upper...Upper Units separated by the Kambalda Komatiite Formation. Five basalt suites of the Lower Unit are tholeiitic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
linked to high-grade gold mineralization at the Wattle Dam deposit, Western Australia Adam B. Bath, John...linked to high-grade gold mineralization at the Wattle Dam deposit, Western Australia, Ore Geology Reviews...linked to high-grade gold mineralization at the Wattle Dam deposit, Western Australia Adam B. Bath1* John...Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia 2Ramelius Resources, 130 Royal St, East Perth, Western Australia...Sharp physio-chemical gradients occur in Archean gold systems, yet they are often poorly defined. These
Report (issue)
Geology, University of Western Australia. ^B.H.P. Minerals, Perth, Western Australia. ^Geological Survey...deposits of Western Australian includes all relevant references cited in Geological Survey of Western Australia...Resource Bulletin 14, "Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia," by R. J. Marston. This 271-page volume contains...short articles are contained in University of Western Australia Geology Department and Extension Service Publication...nickel deposits of the Norseman-Wiluna Belt, Western Australia," edited by D. I. Groves and C. M. Lesher
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Craton (Western Australia) forms a large part of inland central and southern Western Australia. It hosts...hosts gold mines in the Kalgoorlie to Wiluna area, at Norseman, Meekatharra and Boddington; nickel from...from Ravensthorpe to Kambalda and Leinster; bauxite (aluminium) ores in the Darling Range; copperā€“zinc at...boom in the exploration and mining of Archaean lode gold, and developments in a number of other commodities...million tonnes of nickel had been identiļ¬ed, and the gold inventory rose in 20 years from 4 million ounces
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for late-Archaean lode-gold deposits of the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia D.I. Groves Key Centrefor...GeophysicsDepartment, Universityof Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Australia Received: July 28, 1993/Accepted:...1993/Accepted: September 6, 1993 Abstract. Most Archaean gold ores belong to a coherent genetic group of structurally...addition. Evidence from the Yilgarn Block of Western Australia, combined with similar evidence from Canada...within gold camps, although nowhere is the entire continuum of deposits recorded from a single gold camp
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Giant Golden Mile Deposit, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: Ion-Microprobe Zircon and Monazite U-Pb Geochronology...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia ANDREAS G. MUELLER...Geologist, 12a Belgrave Street, Maylands, Western Australia 6051, Australia AND DAVID I. GROVES Centre for Exploration...Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia Abstract Open-pit and...at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, have produced more than 1,475 metric tons (t) of gold since 1893. Despite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
controls of gold mineralisation within the Bardoc Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia:...Australia: implications for gold endowment in shear systems Anthony A. Morey & Roberto F. Weinberg & Frank...Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, is physically linked along strike to the...one of the richest orogenic gold shear systems in the world. However, gold production in the BTZ has only...distribution and style(s) of deformation that controlled gold deposition in the two shear systems. Deformation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
events in the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda area, Western Australia: constraints on gold mineralization in the Boulder...Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The fault system links the Kalgoorlie and Kambalda mining districts...continental-margin orogen subdivided into the western Kalgoorlie ensialic rift and the eastern Kurnalpi...greenstone-greywacke succession in the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda area underwent five phases of orogenic deformation...at high strain. Biotite-sericite alteration and gold-pyrite mineralization in the BLF-GMF system took
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra, A.C.T.0200,Australia Abstract Scheelite (CaWO4)is a widespread accessory...golddeposits of theKalgoorlie-Norseman regionof Western Australia. Rareearthelement(REE)andother traceelementabundances...Westā€¢Corresponding author: email,ian.campbell@anu.edu.au ern Australia by excimerlaserablation-inductively coupled *Presentaddress:...(MountCharlotte),Coolgardie of scheelite,the REE enter the Ca sitein the mineral and that (Linday's), Kambalda (Hunt... REEIN SCHEELITE,KALGOORLIE-NORSEMAN REGION,AUSTRALIA 425 426 GHADARI ET AL. 10000 a Kl11-1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Archean metasedimentary rocks from Kambalda, Western Australia 0. A. BAVINTON* and S. R. TAnoR Research...Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. Australia (Received 30 January 1919; accepted in revisedform...and ultramafic volcanic sequences at Kambalda, Western Australia, are extremely variable in major elements...siliceous material. Apart from these two samples, the Kambalda data are similar to REE abundances and patterns...Archean sedimentary rocks from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and to average Archean sedimentary rock REE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
processes and gold mineralisation in the southeastern part of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia P. SORJONEN-WARD...Research Centre, PO Box 1130, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia. We use numerical modelling codes to simulate...origin of gold deposits and hydrothermal systems in the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. In particular...migration. KEY WORDS: convection, deformation, fluids, gold, granite, mineralisation, numerical modelling, Yilgarn...significant producer of gold for over one century. In common with orogenic gold provinces elsewhere, whether
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Factors in the formation of the giant Kalgoorlie gold deposit G. Neil Phillips a, David I. G r o v e s...Victoria, Australia b Key Centre,for Strategic Mineral Deposits, Uni~,el~'iO' of Western Australia, Nedlands...Nedlands, 6907 WA, Australia c Department of Geological Sciences, Uniuersi~ of Saskatchewan, Sask. S7NOWO...more than half the gold won from the 2000 deposits that comprise the widespread gold mineralization of...Archaean Yilgarn Block of Western Australia. It is also one of the largest gold deposits globally ( > 1800
Report (issue)
NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA An oblique aerial view, from the south-southwest, ofthe...the lake. In the middleground the township of Kambalda East nestles in hills of the metabasaft which...the Surveyor General, Western Australia. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN...BULLETIN 14 NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J. MARSTON PERTH, 1984 Issued under...L.C., Minister for Mines National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-publication entry: Marston, R.J
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
KALGOORLIE DISTRICT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA JOHN E. MARTYN* Minerals Department, Esso Australia Ltd., P.O. Box 4047...4047, Sydney, N.S. W. 2001 (Australia) (Received July 7, 1986; revision accepted January 27, 1987) Abstract...the greenstones of the Kalgoorlie district, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 37: 1-18. Regional mapping...address: 49, Monteith Street, Turramurra, NSW 2074, Australia. 0301-9268/87/$03.50 and younger sedimentary*...Sequence 8 Polymict conglomerate pebbly greywacke (Coolgardie-Kurrawang) ( NE 3rd of study area) (Yilmia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
9 (1994) 263-310 Temporal relationships of lode gold mineralization to accretion, magmatism, metamorphism...Deposits, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Australia Received 1 February 1994; ;...Ga) lode gold mineralization in the Superior Province of Canada and Yilgarn Craton of Australia was late...space and time to accretionary tectonic processes. Gold mineralization in the Superior Province was coeval...north to south over ca. 2710 to 2670 Ma. Timing of gold genesis is constrained by field relationships, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Komatiite-Hosted Nickel Sulfide Deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia* Margaux Le Vaillant,1,ā€  Stephen J. Barnes...Systems, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia 2 CSIRO/Earth Science...Kensington, Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia 3 Mincor Resources NL, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia...komatiite-hosted nickel sulfide deposit in Western Australia was used as a case study to investigate the...halo created by the remobilization of base metals, gold, and platinum group elements (PGE) into the rocks
Report (edition)
Stocklmayer GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
 
Mineral and/or Locality  
Mindat Discussions Facebook Logo Instagram Logo Discord Logo
Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 1, 2024 22:08:15
Go to top of page