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Eaglehawk Gold Mine, Tuckabianna Goldfield, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Eaglehawk Gold Mine | Mine |
| Tuckabianna Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Cue Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 24' 54'' South , 118° 5' 9'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cue | 324 (2012) | 18.6km |
The Eaglehawk Gold Mine is west of the northern section of the Tuckabianna Goldfield, and owned by a different company to the rest of the goldfield. It is historically a shaft, and no modern mining has presently (2015) taken place.
The lode consists of pyritic sulphides, quartz stringers, and chloritised formations hosted by mafic wall rock. This mineralisation occurs at the contact horizon of two mafic volcanic rock units. There is a granite intrusion near the western section of the tenement. The strike of the shear zone and rock units is south-west to north-east.
Production prior to 1950 was 1324 tonnes at 718 oz and 16.8 g/t, all within 25 metres of the surface. Triton Gold Mines (a subsidiary of Western Mining Corporation) shortly after deepened the shaft, and drove along the lode at the 40 metre mark. They determined from this a sulphide rich gold bearing lode 80 metres long, 1.5 metres wide averaging 15 g/t Au. Then a local prospector stoped out most of the ore to 40 metres.
The mine remained dormant until the early 1990's, when Reid Mining deepened the shaft to 59 metres. In 1999 the ore stockpile was sampled at 19.5 g/t.
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2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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