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Mt. Charlotte

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Gold
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084838
MRDS ID W700051
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Charlotte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.47864, -30.74388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MILES NW OF GOLDEN MILE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Golden Mile
    Rock description Golden Mile

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.47864, -30.74388
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Oblique Faults, Western Limb Of Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tension Direction Of Oblique Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kalgoorlie Mining Associates
    First year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • 1987 FIGURE IS AMOUNT OF ORE MILLED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 4600000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.576 g/mt Gold Major 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH, 1984, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    WOODALL, R.W., 1965, STRUCTURE OF THE KALGOORLIE GOLDFIELDS, IN MCANDREW, JOHN, AND MADIGAN, R.T., EDS., GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS: EIGHTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS, V. 1, P. 71-79.

  • Deposit

    BIRD, DAVID, 1988, AUSTRALIAN GOLD: MINING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER, P. 347-349.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1989, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1988, JUNE, P. 43.

  • Production

    BIRD, 1988; E/MJ, 1988.

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOCKWORKS ARE ADJACENT TO OBLIQUE FAULTS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD W700755 OF D.J. BEOUGHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey }CORRECTED LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Preston, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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