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King Solomon Mine (New Phoenix), Gullewa Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| King Solomon Mine (New Phoenix) | Mine |
| Gullewa Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Yalgoo Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° 39' 34'' South , 116° 18' 51'' East
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Located next to the Yalgoo to Morawa Road, and marked by a bright white headframe. Some minor pyrite/chalcopyrite can be found in the dirt at what used to be the ore pile below the headframe.
It is an antiformal sequence of interbedded volcanic and sedimentary rocks intruded by feldspar porphyries. The north limb is partly intruded by later granite. There are 3 different narrow high grade quartz-sulphide veins here named King Solomon, New Phoenix and Christmas Gift, all trending east-west, dipping north at moderate to steep angles and 0.5 to 2 metres thick. This is hosted within 4 different lithological horizons of basalt and andesites.
Government geologist E.S. Simpson from the early 20th Century states at the King Solomon Gold Mine ' ore consists of quartz, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite.'
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5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| 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 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Yilgarn CratonCraton
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- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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King Solomon Mine, Gullewa Goldfield, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia