| Deposit ID | 10085208 |
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| MRDS ID | W700766 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Paddington Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Paddington I, Paddington Ii, Perserverence Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | 121.34114, -30.48194 (WGS84) |
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| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | 30 MILES N OF KALGOORLIE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
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| Gold | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock |
| Rock unit name | Paddington Volcanics;Paddington Volcanics |
| Rock description | Paddington Volcanics;Paddington Volcanics |
| (1) | 121.34114, -30.48194 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
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| Structure description | Nnw-Trending Bardoc-Broad Arrow Syncline |
| Development status | Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Year of first production | 1897 |
| Production years | 1897-1901, 1985 |
| District name | Broad Arrow Gold Field |
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| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | Pancontinental Mining |
| First year | 1990 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 5200000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 8400000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | PADDINGTON I | ||||||||||||||
| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 2600000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 2800000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700766 |
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER, 1983, P. 111-112.
HANCOCK, M.C., ROBERTSON, I.G., AND BOOTH, G.W., 1990, PADDINGTON 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. 395-400.
HANCOCK AND OTHERS, 1990.
E/MJ, 1983; HANCOCK AND OTHERS, 1990.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISTINCT VERTICAL ZONING WITHIN THE OREBODY FROM WEATHERING OF THE ORE. EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION OF THE MINERALIZATION CAN BE FOUND IN HANCOCK AND OTHERS, 1990. |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS SUBDIVIDED INTO PADDINGTON I TO THE NORTH AND PADDINGTON II TO THE SOUTH. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-89 | Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) | U.S. Geological Survey | }CORRECTED LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE |
| Updater | 01-APR-94 | Orris, Greta J. (Preston, W.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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