Burnkura Deposit

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066757
MRDS ID TC43055
Record type Site
Current site name Burnkura Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 118.4993, -27.07959 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 50 KM SOUTH OF MEEKATHARRA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 118.4993, -27.07959

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 200000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5 g/mt Gold Major 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMJ, 1983.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.