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Quinn Hills Gold Mine, Mount Ida Goldfield, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Quinn Hills Gold Mine | Mine |
| Mount Ida Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Menzies Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° 0' 27'' South , 120° 30' 26'' East
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The recent exploration company describes the area 1200 metres north of the Forrest Belle open pit, as the Quinns Mining Centre, and lists the Quinn Hills Gold Mine as part of the old workings here.
Estimated resources of this location is 3800 ounces of gold at 5.79 g/t.
The only information found relates to the late 1940's and early 1950's. The mine is owned at this stage by Karatza, Doukas and Kalaf (surnames), or the Quinn Hills Syndicate. In 1950, 90 tonnes at 5dwt and 57 tonnes at 7dwt were crushed from the mine. A new shaft had been sunk.
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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
- Kambalda Nickel Metallogenic ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton
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