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Tindals Gold Mine, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 59' 18'' South , 121° 10' 28'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-30.98833,121.17458
GeoHash:
G#: qdqptqsxu
GRN:
S21E75
Type:
Mine
KΓΆppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Coolgardie802 (2016)4.1km
Boulder5,178 (2017)37.9km
Kalgoorlie31,107 (2014)39.3km
Williamstown161 (2018)39.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
203501
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:203501:0
GUID (UUID V4):
81cd374a-1e79-4f67-945e-c3164839d090


This is a gold mine about 5 kilometres south south-east of Coolgardie. It is presently operated by Focus Minerals Ltd.

The underground mine here accesses five main ore bodies: Tindals, Cyanide, Perseverance, Empress, and Countess. (Perseverance is not the same mine as the one near Leinster, where some specimens have come from). Cyanide has been abandoned for thirteen years. The underground workings are at a shallow depth of 400m, and have an expected mine life till 2017. There is another ore zone called Bird in Hand, but at present (2012) this has not been mined.

Open pit mining is also occurring at three locations in the immediate area, which started mid 2011. Prior to this, to June 1994, the mine had produced 1 241 000 tonnes of ore at 4.15 g/t yielding 5150 kg Au. The host rock is komatiites intruded by dolerite, gabbro, and quartz porphyry sills. There are narrow (under 20 m) oblique dextral brittle ductile shear zones located along the sub-vertically north striking sills/komatiite contacts.

The main lode strikes north-south, as a discontinuous series of overlapping lenses of felsic intrusive material, separated by thin walls of amphibolite schist. The lenses pinch and swell, join and separate, and pinch out completely at depth and strike.

The schist is intruded by 30-60 metre post folding body of coarse to medium grained altered leucogabbro. The lenses contain stockworks of veinlets disseminated within aplite, and within less mineralised zones of fine grained silicified material with minor sulphides.

The deposit lies on the south fold limb of an east-west fold system, in recrystallised mafic schist, within a series of mafic to ultramafic lavas, interbedded clastics, and minor graphitic slates.

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Mineral List


17 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
β“˜ Almandine
Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
β“˜ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
β“˜ 'Chlorite Group'
β“˜ Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
β“˜ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Gold
Formula: Au
β“˜ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'
Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
β“˜ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
β“˜ 'Limonite'
β“˜ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜ Orthoclase
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
β“˜ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
β“˜ Talc
Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
β“˜ Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
β“˜Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
β“˜Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
β“˜Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
β“˜Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Forsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
β“˜Almandine9.AD.25Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3
β“˜Tremolite9.DE.10β—»Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
β“˜Talc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
β“˜Orthoclase9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
β“˜Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
β“˜'Limonite'-
β“˜'Chlorite Group'-
β“˜'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
β“˜'Hornblende Root Name Group'-β—»Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
β“˜'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Hβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Hβ“˜ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Oβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Oβ“˜ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Oβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oβ“˜ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Oβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Oβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oβ“˜ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Oβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fβ“˜ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgβ“˜ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Mgβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Mgβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Alβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alβ“˜ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Siβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siβ“˜ ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Siβ“˜ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Siβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siβ“˜ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Siβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Sβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
KPotassium
Kβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kβ“˜ OrthoclaseK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ CalciteCaCO3
Caβ“˜ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Caβ“˜ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Caβ“˜ Hornblende Root Name Group◻Ca2(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Tiβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
FeIron
Feβ“˜ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feβ“˜ AlmandineFe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Feβ“˜ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Feβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feβ“˜ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
Feβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Znβ“˜ SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
Asβ“˜ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
WTungsten
Wβ“˜ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Auβ“˜ GoldAu

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References

Mock, C., Elliott, B.G., Ewers, G.R., Lorenz, R.P. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP), Resource Deposit 3, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987
Geological Society of Australia (W.A. Division) (1994), 12th Australian Convention. Excursion Guidebook 8. Ore Deposits of the Eastern Goldfields W.A., September 1994. (Ed: Witt, W.K., Groves, D.I., Ho, S.E.).
Witt, W.K., Knight, J.T, Mikucki, E.J. (1997), A Synmetamorphic Lateral Fluid Flow Model for Gold Mineralisation in the Archean Southern Kalgoorlie and Norseman Terraces Western Australia, Economic Geology, 92:407-437: 1997
www.focusminerals.com.au (n.d.) http://www.focusminerals.com.au
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