| Deposit ID | 10085221 |
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| MRDS ID | W700783 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Westonia Gold Deposits |
| Alternate or previous names | Edna May |
| Geographic coordinates: | 118.6976, -31.28857 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Digenite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hessite | Ore |
| Ilmenite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Rutile | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Edna May Gneiss;; |
| Rock description | Edna May Gneiss;; |
| (1) | 118.6976, -31.28857 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
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| Structure description | Greenstone Belt |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1911 |
| Production years | 1911-1922, 1935-1947, 1985- |
| District name | Yilgarn District |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Australian Consolidated Minerals |
| First year | 1990 |
| Year | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1935-1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^19.6 G Au/Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1935-1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^19.6 G Au/Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700783 |
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.
DRUMMOND, A.J., AND BEILBY, G.R., 1990, WESTONIA GOLD DEPOSITS, 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. 289-1295.
DRUMMOND AND BEILBY, 1990.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ REEFS-- 3 MAIN ORE DEPOSIT ZONES: GNEISS ZONE (MINERALIZATION IN 8 QUARTZ REEFS IN GNEISS), WASH ZONE ( GOLD IN TERT? OR POSSIBLY MESOZOIC ALLUVIUM), AND PISOLITE ZONE (GOLD IN LATERITIC WEATHERING HORIZON). |
| 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 | Orrid, Greta J. (Preston, W.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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