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Butcher Creek Gold Mine (Butcher Well), Halls Creek Goldfield, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Butcher Creek Gold Mine (Butcher Well) | Mine |
| Halls Creek Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Halls Creek Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
18° 20' 44'' South , 127° 49' 6'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Halls Creek | 1,209 (2012) | 20.9km |
A large north-east to south-west trending water filled open pit. It is about one kilometre south-west of the Duncan Road, where it turns south to south-east. A track to the location continues straight ahead.
The mine produced 761 000 tonnes of ore at 2.09 g/t yielding 52 000 ounces of gold between 1995 to 1997. Gold is associated with the outcropping Butchers Gully Member of the Olympio Formation. PMA Gold Pty Ltd suspended operations in June 1997, probably due to the low gold price at the time.
The nearby Butchers Gully itself was the site of alluvial gold workings shortly after the field was discovered in 1885.
There is a small dam 500 metres west, and a far larger dam built when the Mount Bradley mine was operational, two to five kilometres south, said to contain limited but good camping spots.
If using Doug Stone's, Brockman Goldfield map, the Butcher Creek mine may be located on it incorrectly.
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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
- Halls Creek OrogenOrogen
- Lamboo ProvinceGeologic Province
- North Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- North Australian Craton
- Kimberley CratonShield
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