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GeneralAustralian gold localities missing on Mindat?
20th Nov 2017 15:25 UTCCasper Voogt OP
I am currently trying to pinpoint a location on a gold sample that came from a mine about 200 miles west of Sydney, so I was browsing for Australian gold localities and only a few Tasmanian localities showed up on https://www.mindat.org/min-1720.html . That surprises me, since Western Australian and also some locations a bit west of Sydney are well-known for their gold.
Once I find out the mine I am looking for, I will add it, but I wonder if someone with more familiarity with Australian gold localities could add the other locations, as this seems like a gap in the data that ought to be filled.
Once I find out the mine I am looking for, I will add it, but I wonder if someone with more familiarity with Australian gold localities could add the other locations, as this seems like a gap in the data that ought to be filled.
20th Nov 2017 16:14 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager
We do have a number of people currently adding Australian localities. There are about 13,000 locations for the country, but there are probably on the order of 75-100+K locations for the country.
20th Nov 2017 18:51 UTCDebbie Woolf Manager
We used to be able to view all localities via the mineral page but that has changed it only displays significant localities now, we have to change our methods and use the search facilities, so now when I find myself on the mineral page and the locality is not there I go to the bottom of page and use the search.
20th Nov 2017 19:36 UTCRalph S Bottrill ๐ Manager
It's probably in the Bathurst region, New South Wales. There are over a thousand gold deposits listed for this state so we need a locality name to narrow it down. Try using the footer search bar.
20th Nov 2017 23:05 UTCKeith Compton ๐ Manager
Casper
If you don't have any info on the gold you will be unlikely to be able to guess the locality accurately. There are literally thousands of gold deposits in NSW.
There are hundreds around 200kms west of Sydney. Many are being added gradually. I have details of around 100,000 NSW localities to add, and I am progressing slowly.
Do you have any clues as to the name on your label? If so, I can certainly check to see what I can find. If your label simply states " a gold mine west of Sydney" then you will be out of luck. This may be north-west, west or south-west !!
As Ralph indicated, it could be Bathurst, Hill End, or many others. Hill End for example has produced a few "large" nugget masses including the Beyers-Holtermann Nugget which weighed in at 630lbs !! One found at Hargraves was broken into three pieces and the largest of them weighed in at 75lbs.
The Hargraves area is possible (206kms north-west of Sydney) and at the northern end of the Hill End localities. The area is said to have produced over 370kgs of gold each year between 1858 to 1874.
The Bathurst region alone covers an area of around 3,700 sq kilometres, so narrowing it down may be a dream.
If you mean 200 miles west of Sydney then you increase the possibilities no end. That gets you out to the Parkes region. Could include aeas such as Cadia, Cowal, Hera, North Parkes, Cadia and the list goes on.
Cheers
Keith
If you don't have any info on the gold you will be unlikely to be able to guess the locality accurately. There are literally thousands of gold deposits in NSW.
There are hundreds around 200kms west of Sydney. Many are being added gradually. I have details of around 100,000 NSW localities to add, and I am progressing slowly.
Do you have any clues as to the name on your label? If so, I can certainly check to see what I can find. If your label simply states " a gold mine west of Sydney" then you will be out of luck. This may be north-west, west or south-west !!
As Ralph indicated, it could be Bathurst, Hill End, or many others. Hill End for example has produced a few "large" nugget masses including the Beyers-Holtermann Nugget which weighed in at 630lbs !! One found at Hargraves was broken into three pieces and the largest of them weighed in at 75lbs.
The Hargraves area is possible (206kms north-west of Sydney) and at the northern end of the Hill End localities. The area is said to have produced over 370kgs of gold each year between 1858 to 1874.
The Bathurst region alone covers an area of around 3,700 sq kilometres, so narrowing it down may be a dream.
If you mean 200 miles west of Sydney then you increase the possibilities no end. That gets you out to the Parkes region. Could include aeas such as Cadia, Cowal, Hera, North Parkes, Cadia and the list goes on.
Cheers
Keith
21st Nov 2017 05:02 UTCCasper Voogt OP
Thanks all (that was a lot of detail, Keith!). The map threw me off somehow, and showed fewer localities than I expected for Australia, but I can understand needing to show only major deposits. And thanks, Debbie, for that advice. My habits are not changing fast enough!
The locality I think was going for is Mitchell's Creek, about 200 miles west of Sydney. I just needed the list to jog my memory while I await confirmation from the person I bought the specimen from. It had no label and I am not as assiduous in my note-taking as I ought to be..
Jolyon, I did try the link you sent but the Google Maps API is hitting its daily quota limit right now and the map isn't loading, but at least I can view the list of localities.
The locality I think was going for is Mitchell's Creek, about 200 miles west of Sydney. I just needed the list to jog my memory while I await confirmation from the person I bought the specimen from. It had no label and I am not as assiduous in my note-taking as I ought to be..
Jolyon, I did try the link you sent but the Google Maps API is hitting its daily quota limit right now and the map isn't loading, but at least I can view the list of localities.
21st Nov 2017 06:03 UTCKeith Compton ๐ Manager
Hi Casper
And there are at least two Mitchell's Creek localities west of Sydney (about 80kms apart) that have produced gold.
Cheers
And there are at least two Mitchell's Creek localities west of Sydney (about 80kms apart) that have produced gold.
Cheers
21st Nov 2017 17:33 UTCCasper Voogt OP
Thanks Keith, that's good to know. I've managed to track down the seller and am awaiting details but it could well be that this is as much as I'll ever know about this particular specimen.
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