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Porphyry from
Fimiston Open Pit mine (Super Pit gold mine), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Porphyry
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Porphyry data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fimiston Open Pit mine (Super Pit gold mine), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2000571
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2000571:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Porphyry
0.2km (0.2 miles) ⓘKalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘParinga Gold Mine (Paringa Extended; Croesus South), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBrookman Brothers Boulder Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘCroesus Gold Mine (Hannans Croesus; Croesus Proprietary), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘMount Charlotte Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘMystery Gold Mine (Mystery Zone), Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘMount Percy Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘMullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘUnion Club Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘSir John Gold Mine, Mullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Calvert, Andrew J.; Sapkota, Jyotindra; Gessner, Klaus; Arienti, Gloria (2026) Large-Scale Structural Controls on Gold Mineralization Along the Kalgoorlie Rift From Seismic Reflection Imaging in the Neoarchean Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 121 (3). doi:10.5382/econgeo.5235
 
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