Lancefield

Plant 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280601
MAS/MILS ID 6020550135
Record type Site
Current site name Lancefield

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 122.41609, -28.5476 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 100(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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 122.41609, -28.5476

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1899
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name West Australia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Western Mining Corp., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1991
    First year 1991

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 620000mt ore
    Demonstrated 620000mt ore
    Total resources 620000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.8 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 1800000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1800000mt ore
    Total resources 1800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.1 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 2420000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2420000mt ore
    Total resources 2420000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6 g/mt Gold Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 2189000mt ore
    Total resources 2189000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.38 g/mt Gold Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 442000mt ore
    Total resources 442000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.58 g/mt Gold Major 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, 1991

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN GOLD RESOURCES.

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1992/93, P. 78.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLD GAZETTE, 04/24/95, "SEARCH FOR SULPHIDE RESOURCES A

  • Reserve-Resource

    STRATEGY AT LANCEFIELD", PAGE 4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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