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New Queensland Norseman Gold Mine (Queensland Norseman Gold Mine), Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| New Queensland Norseman Gold Mine (Queensland Norseman Gold Mine) | Mine |
| Norseman | Town |
| Dundas Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 11' 44'' South , 121° 48' 52'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Norseman | 982 (2012) | 3.4km |
The Queensland Norseman Gold Mine was on the St. Alban's line of leases, within 1.5 kilometres of the Queen of the West Gold Mine. The company was reconstructed around 1898, as the New Queensland Norseman, with £7,500 capital, and not surprisingly most of the shareholders came from Queensland.
Originally the company owned 60 acres. While several lodes were discovered, none were payable. As a result, the company surrendered the leases, apart from one 12 acres, being the northern half of the old Christmas Gift Block, with a site for machinery 750 metres to the north. This location contained a 3 head stamp battery, but a lack of water hampered crushing operations.
Work had been conducted on a north-south striking lode of low grade ore. At first in the shaft the ground was quartz veins in a schistose formation, but at 50 feet deep, became a solid body of quartz. There was a drive at the 100 foot level, 30 feet south, and 20 feet north.
The quartz was much iron stained, and in places intermixed with oxidised ironstone. All the quartz carried gold, very fine near the surface, but improving to coarse gold at the bottom of the shaft.
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2 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| 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 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
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- West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton
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