Winddine Well, Minjar Gold District, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 28° 52' 34'' South , 116° 56' 10'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -28.87637,116.93626 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qdg5sznqu |
| Locality type: | Well |
| Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Monarch Gold Mining Pty Ltd in 2006 estimated ore reserves at 244 400 tonnes at 3.3 g/t gold grade with 26 000 ounces.
Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 3189631 | Archean sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Yilgarn Craton Lithology: Mafic-ultramafic volcanic rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 897133 | pelitic and psammitic sedimentary rocks 74240 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Conglomerate, chert, small amounts felsic volcaniclastic rocks, sandstone, quartzite, siltstone, phyllite, schist, pelite, shale. Includes the former Hatfield Formation. Comments: argillaceous detrital sediment; sedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Argillaceous detrital sediment; sedimentary siliciclastic Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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