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Edinboro Castle Gold Mine, Mount Weld Station, Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Edinboro Castle Gold Mine | Mine |
| Mount Weld Station | Mountain |
| Laverton Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° 56' 49'' South , 122° 34' 35'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Laverton | 640 (2013) | 39.7km |
The spelling is correct, at least for this gold mine, although possibly not for the Scottish castle.
This mine started with great promise, and appears to have closed prematurely. It was pegged mid 1895, for the Murchison Prospecting Syndicate, making it one of the first leases in the Mount Weld area. The syndicate ran out of funds after six months and abandoned the lease.
The manager of the syndicate was M.S. Hack, and with his brother Wilton Hack took over. An eight head battery and 4 x 25 tonne cyanide vats were immediately erected. The lode is said to contain a large number of leaders rich in gold, believed to be from a larger reef deeper down, although it is unclear if this was ever proven.
By December 1901 the mine had produced 870 tonnes of ore for 1741 ounces of gold. There were six shafts at this stage, with the main shaft (No. 6) down to 125 feet.
March 1902, the mine closed. 50 tonnes were crushed in 1907 but by whom is not mentioned. The battery was removed to the Sunrise Gold Mine elsewhere in the district in 1908. It was possibly the haunt of prospectors thereafter, but no information was found.
The mine can be found by travelling south along the Merolia Road from Burtville for approximately 30 kilometres. The road eventually turns from heading south to south-west, and over the next 5 kilometres becomes bendy, and crosses a creek. Just after a particularly sharp bend is a faint un-marked track heading north. After a few hundred metres the track passes through the middle of about twelve closely spaced shafts. Scattered shafts are found for a few hundred metres in a south-west direction, including also a square battery sand pile next to the former battery site, and much disturbed ground.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Windarra Nickel Metallogenic ProvinceGeologic Province
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton
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