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Crown of Nations Gold Mine (Dunn's Find; Mount Zephyr), Mertondale Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Crown of Nations Gold Mine (Dunn's Find; Mount Zephyr) | Mine |
| Mertondale Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Leonora Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° 22' 34'' South , 121° 47' 32'' East
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In 1899, John G. Dunn discovered gold here on behalf of a syndicate headed by Alexander Forrest, brother of first W.A. Premier Sir John Forrest. Dunn gave the lease the grand name of Crown of Nations, and produced some overly optimistic reports about the location, before it was forgotten about.
The site is approximately 75 kilometres north-east of Leonora, and about 10 kilometres east of the Nambi homestead. It is near a low hill called Mt Zephyr, and east of a modern road going north to the Charlie Borefield, indicating water is possibly more valuable in the area than gold. The site possibly contains a couple of shafts but its footprint is very small.
Dunn's reports are unreliable, although he is by no means the only guilty party when it comes to new gold prospects at the time. A shaft was sunk cutting the reef at 70 feet. The lode was said to be 40 feet wide, with 20 feet of payable stone. The gold is very fine. The lode he claims averages 15-25 dwt. Jasper, ironstone, schist, quartzite, clay, diorite, chlorite, hornblende and opaline are mentioned as rocks in the lode, striking north-south.
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- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
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- West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton
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