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Hidden Treasure Mine, Hatches Creek Wolfram Field, Hatches Creek, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Hidden Treasure Mine | Mine |
| Hatches Creek Wolfram Field | - not defined - |
| Hatches Creek | Creek |
| Barkly Region | Region |
| Northern Territory | Territory |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
20° 55' 8'' South , 135° 10' 59'' East
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Described as located on the steep southern flank of Treasure Gully as part of the Treasure wolfram workings. To reach follow the same directions as that listed under the Treasure Gully Mine Mindat locality.
The lodes are unusual as they form a fan shape, the base south of a quartzite lens. Extensively exploited with several shafts down to a depth of 100 feet, both sides of the gully.
Two parallel lodes occur close together, with No. 3 and 4 lodes to the west, although dumps and filled shallow open cuts are said to obscure evidence of them on the surface. No. 1 lode is the most easterly, largest and richest, 480 feet long, extending 100 feet into quartzite, which usually at Hatches Creek has the effect of ending tungsten mineralisation. The lode contains two parallel quartz reefs at the northern end, and one reef at the southern end, 9-11 inches wide, dipping west 65-85 degrees.
No. 2 lode is immediately to the west of No. 1, containing several quartz veins and leaders in two reefs, dipping west 80 degrees. No. 3 lode contains quartz reefs at the intersection of two shear zones. The reefs have been labelled 3A, 3B and 3C from north to south. There was a shallow shaft at the north end of 3A, being the largest reef of the three. No. 4 lode shows as a 400 foot long outcrop on the northern boundary of the lease, with a large open cut, and three shafts, much obscured by mullock even when inspected in the late 1950's. The lode contains two quartz reefs, 3-12 inches wide each. Rich elluvial wolfram was found west, east and north of the lodes.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- North Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- Warramunga ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- North Australian Craton
- Tennant Creek TerraneShield
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