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Native Gold from
Worturpa Mine, Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park, Gammon Ranges, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Worturpa Mine, Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park, Gammon Ranges, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:144163
Long-form Identifier:1:3:144163:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘLively's Mine, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
24.5km (15.2 miles) ⓘWheal Turner, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘYudnamutana Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
31.6km (19.6 miles) ⓘWallace Gully Prospects, Mount Freeling, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
53.7km (33.4 miles) ⓘNichol Nob Mine (Nichols Nob Mine; Benalack mine), Mount Serle, Leigh Creek Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
57.2km (35.6 miles) ⓘMount Ogilvie Mine, Nichol Nob, Leigh Creek Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
62.4km (38.8 miles) ⓘJubilee Mines, Narrina, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
66.1km (41.1 miles) ⓘGreat Copper Bell Mine, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
66.7km (41.4 miles) ⓘParabarana Mine, Parabarana Hill, Moolawatana Station (Moolawatana), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘMount Coffin Mine, Burr Well Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
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Brown, Henry Yorke Lyell (1908) Record of the mines of South Australia (4th ed.). Government Printer. pages 155,330
Noble, R. J.; Just, J.; Johnson, J. E. (1983) Catalogue of South Australian Minerals - 1983 - Handbook 7 (5th ed.). Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia. 253 pp.
Missen, Owen P., Mills, Stuart J., Brugger, Joël, Birch, William D., Elliott, Peter (2023) Crystal chemistry of zemannite-type structures: IV. Wortupaite, the first new tellurium oxysalt mineral described from an Australian locality. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-22 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.64
 
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