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Montague Boulder Gold Mine, Montague Range Goldfield, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Montague Boulder Gold Mine | Mine |
| Montague Range Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Sandstone Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 23' 50'' South , 119° 32' 18'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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GML 135B, 24 acres. The mine is about 12 kilometres north of the main battery at Birrigrin, and maps place it just west of the Sandstone-Meekatharra Road. Owned by J. O'Callaghan and his mining partner. Local newspapers appeared incapable of spelling his surname which is either Neeland, Neelands, Nieland, or Nailon.
The mine was located on a large east north-east to west south-west quartz outcrop, 250 feet in length, with two shafts down to 40 feet either side of the reef. Pyritic at depth, with specks of gold common in broken stone.
Crushings were found in 1906, but by April 1907, H.J. Sanderson had taken an option over the lease, along with nine others nearby. Birrigrin Gold Mines Ltd is formed but goes into liquidation less than a year later. Callaghan and Neeland continue mining at the location until 1912, when the mine is closed due to falling gold values. They also owned the Caledonian gold mine 1 kilometre to the south which also closed in 1912.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Daubréeite Formula: BiO(OH) |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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 |
| ⓘ | Daubréeite | 4.F0.25 | BiO(OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Daubréeite | BiO(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Daubréeite | BiO(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Bi | Bismuth | |
| Bi | ⓘ Daubréeite | BiO(OH) |
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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