Harbour Lights

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Gold, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084836
MRDS ID W700049
Record type Site
Current site name Harbour Lights

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.38255, -28.86285 (WGS84)

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
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.38255, -28.86285

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1983

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 5500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Comments on development

  • FEASIBILITY STUDY IN 1984. DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION WERE SCHEDULED TO START IN 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1985, HARBOUR LIGHTS: V. 153, NO. 5, P. 387-389

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED AU IN QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS IN THE HANGING WALL ZONE (UP TO 8 M WIDE IN TALC-CHLORITE SCHIST). THE CENTRAL ZONE HAS QUARTZ-SULFIDE-CARBONATE-REPLACEMENT VEINS IN BIOTITE-SERICITE-CHLORITE-FUCHSITE SCHIST AND WITH DISSEMINATED AU IN THE SULFIDES; ZONE IS UP TO 20 M WIDE. THE FOOTWALL (UP TO 6 M WIDE) HAS QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS IN TACL CHLORITE SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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