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Edwards Find

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066758
MRDS ID TC43056
Record type Site
Current site name Edwards Find

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 119.31592, -31.21274 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 119.31592, -31.21274
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minoa Nl
    First year 1988

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 800000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.5 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 3900000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.4 g/mt Gold Major 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOLOMON, M., AND GROVES, D.I., 1994, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL DEPOSITS: OXFORD, OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 24, 951 P.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY, 1988, P. 14-15.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOLOMON AND GROVES, 1994; EMJ, 1988.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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