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Mount Holland Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Mount Holland Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Yilgarn Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 6' 42'' South , 119° 46' 13'' East
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This goldfield is based on the Bounty Mine and its eleven satellite pits. The deposits were discovered in 1985 by a company called Aztec, which mined the deposits from 1989-2002.
Unlike many of the goldfields listed for Western Australia, it is not a historic goldfield dating back to the 1890's. Mining ceased when the amount of gold extracted did not meet expectations and Aztec hit financial difficulties. At the time of writing (2015), the mine remains abandoned, although this situation may not continue forever.
The Bounty Gold Mine listing (or Bounty Main) contains geology information for the deposit. The mine is an open cut with an underground decline at its base. It is about 200 metres east of the rapidly rusting, but otherwise still complete processing plant. Tailing heaps surround both. A gravel airstrip is 200 metres south, and little remains of the former accommodation village site further south-east. The mine is approximately 1 kilometre east of the Marvel Loch-Forrestania Road, although access roads from the south-west make the distance about 3 kilometres. The mine is approximately 70 kilometres south of Marvel Loch.
Various open pits are found as satellite mines mainly between the road and Bounty mine, and in a couple of instances west of the Marvel Loch-Forrestania Road. Little if any geology information exists for them.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Forrestania Nickel Metallogenic ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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