| Deposit ID | 10084832 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W700045 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Crown |
| Geographic coordinates: | 117.84932, -27.4629 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 6 KM SW OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CUE, AND 650 KM NNE OF PERTH. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | AU IS 5 MICRONS TO 3 MM IN DIAMETER. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Great Fingall Dolerite | ||||
| Rock description | Great Fingall Dolerite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | 117.84932, -27.4629 |
|---|
| Dip | 60 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1897 |
| Production years | 1897 |
| District name | Day Dawn District Og The Cue (Murchison) Field |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Australian Consolidated Minerals |
| First year | 1990 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Australian Consolidated Minerals |
| Last year | 1990 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 322700000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 340000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700045 |
MINING MAGAZINE, 1986, V. 155, NO. 1, P. 8 (JULY).
MINING MAGAZINE, 1987, JANUARY.
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1989, P. 47.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.
HICKS, J.D., 1990, GOLDEN CROWN 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. 217-220.
MINING MAGAZINE, 1986
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AURIFEROUS QUARTZ-FILLED SHEAR WITH DISSEMINATED SULFIDES. MINERALIZATION IS IN THE GOLDEN CROWN QUARTZ REEF. DEPOSIT IS FORMED BY 2 MAIN ORE BODIES. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD W700733 OF D.J. BEOUGHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1988 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1994 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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