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Wilson's Reef Gold Mine, Grants Creek-Panton River gold area, Alice Downs Station, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wilson's Reef Gold Mine | Mine |
| Grants Creek-Panton River gold area | Area |
| Alice Downs Station | - not defined - |
| Halls Creek Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
17° 49' 0'' South , 127° 57' 28'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Halls Creek | 1,209 (2012) | 54.8km |
Wilson's Reef is a gold bearing quartz vein 200 metres long, 0.3 to 1.5 metres wide, historically up to 35 g/t gold, but averaging 10 g/t. The veins sub-vertically outcrop, but pinch and swell at depth.
They are glassy limonitic quartz veins carrying gold, and minor galena, pyrite and chalcopyrite, the sulphides locally massive in lenses.
Historic workings here date from the 1890's. The area was mapped by the government in 1938. Picklands Mather held the leases in the 1960's, and conducted some minor sampling. In 1980, Argosy Mines NL acquired the leases. From 1983 to 1988, Southern Ventures explored Wilson's Reef, finding sheared gossanous quartz vein stockworks, with anomalous values.
The site is estimated to contain 2500 tonnes of ore averaging 8.59 g/t Au, 7.92 g/t Ag, 0.32% Pb and 0.25% Zn.
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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
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ 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 | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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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