Karonie

Producer 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. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10066768
MRDS ID TC43068
Record type Site
Current site name Karonie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 122.5325, -30.96277 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF KARONIE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 122.5325, -30.96277

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Poseidon
    First year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner Freeport-Mcmoran
    Interest 75
    Last year 1988

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 634000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.557 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 600000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.9 g/mt Gold Major 1987

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1988, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, NEIL, 1992, AUSTRALIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW--1992, P. 73-80.

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMJ, 1988 (FEB. AND JUNE).

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.