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Mount Gould iron ore deposit (Lens G6), Mount Gould Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mount Gould iron ore deposit (Lens G6) | Deposit |
| Mount Gould Station | Mountain |
| Meekatharra Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
25° 48' 7'' South , 117° 20' 34'' East
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Located on Mount Gould itself, 145 kilometres north-west of Meekatharra, directly north of the Mount Augustus-Meekatharra Road. The historic Mount Gould police station is nearby.
The area is hematite rich, with an estimated reserve of 117 000 metric tonnes, or 128 970 short tonnes. It is on-strike with the iron in the Jack Hills to the south-west, mined for 5 years (2006-2011) by Crosslands Resources.
The Mount Gould deposits are gneiss with interspersed zones of metasediments. Metamorphism increases grades, with amphibolite facies the predominant type. Metasediments are strongly deformed with bedding generally orientated in a north-east to south-west direction.
The iron mineralisation is a high grade hematite-martite lode style, with lens 3 to 25 metres wide, averaging 8-9 metres, 150 to 400 metres long. The exploration company states there are multiple lodes across three tenements, the main target up to 6 stacked iron ore lenses.
The exploration company has dug a trial pit on a ridge on Mount Gould.
The Mid-West region saw five deposits explored actively for iron ore in the early 2000's. Four opened as mines, being Jack Hills, Tallering Peak near Mullewa, Karara near Perenjori, and Mount Gibson which is south of Paynes Find. Jack Hills closed in 2011. Tallering Peak closed in 2014 both due to lower iron ore prices. Before the Tallering mine, the hill was a local tourist attraction, which is now permanently off limits to the public, due to concerns someone will fall into the abandoned pit left behind. Weld Range failed to get off the ground partly due to outrage over trial pit mining, next to an important indigenous cultural site. All are on hills surrounded by plains. All contain rare flora and fauna unique to these isolated hills. This has been of concern to the local Department of Environment, however the mines were given the go-ahead anyway.
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1 valid mineral.
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Hematite var. Martite Formula: Fe2O3 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | var. Martite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite var. Martite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite var. Martite | Fe2O3 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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