| Deposit ID | 10085195 |
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| MRDS ID | W700749 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lady Bountiful Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | 121.2056, -30.50055 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
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| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
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| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Rock unit name | Liberty Granite |
| Rock description | Liberty Granite |
| (1) | 121.2056, -30.50055 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
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| Structure description | Sw Limb Of The Se-Plunging Goongarrie-Mount Pleasant Anticline, Faulting |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1893 |
| Production years | 1893?-1909 |
| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Western Mining Corp. Holdings Ltd. |
| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | Consolidated Exploration Ltd. |
| First year | 1990 |
| Year | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1893?-1909 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^43.9 G Au/Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 970000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 370000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700749 |
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.
BARTSCH, R.D., 1990, LADY BOUNTIFUL GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 401-404.
BARTSCH, 1990.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PRIMARY ORE IS GOLD TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE WITHIN QUARTZ VEINS. THE GRADE OF ORE IS HIGHER WITH THE MAJOR QUARTZ VEINS (9-25 G AU/MT) THAN IN THE STOCKWORK (0.8-3 G AU/MT). A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE HAS BEEN MINED FROM E-W ALLUVIAL CHANNELS, 5-40 M WIDE AND 8 M THICK. GOLD IS ALSO FOUND IN THE TERTIARY LATERITIC WEATHERING PROFILE ABOVE THE ADAMELLITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-89 | Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) | U.S. Geological Survey | }CORRECTED LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AND CURRENT STATUS |
| Updater | 01-APR-94 | Orris, Greta J. (Preston, W.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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