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Quartz Well gold area P.A., Peak Hill Mining District, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Quartz Well gold area P.A. | - not defined - |
| Peak Hill Mining District | Mining District |
| Meekatharra Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° 4' 14'' South , 118° 48' 10'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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This is a named lease by a modern exploration company, covering several alluvial gold locations about 60 kilometres north-east of Meekatharra. The gold patches are largely un-named, with an un-known history. Some are associated with quartz veins, some were patches of gold nuggets found on the surface. The company proceeds to briefly describe the sites, with no indication of location.
One is a shallow pit several metres long on Fe bearing quartz veins along strike from an alluvial patch. The second was an alluvial patch found in 2009 producing 110 oz of jagged and sharp gold from a shallow pit. The nature of the gold indicates it came from a nearby reef, but it is only a theory. Another alluvial patch was called Lizzie's Joy covering 0.18 square kilometres, and in 2009 was being dryblown to obtain the gold. To the south-west a hard rock deposit occurs in sheared fine grained pyrite bearing chloritic schist, exposed in a pit, within the Finlayson Member.
The Mindat co-ordinates are approximate.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' References: |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| 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 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yerrida BasinBasin
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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