Keronima Mine, Minjar Gold District, Yalgoo Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 29° 6' 33'' South , 116° 58' 1'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -29.10922,116.96719 |
GeoHash: | G#: qdg4msuft |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Monarch Gold Mining Pty Ltd estimated in 2006 ore reserves at 281,800 at a gold grade per tonne of 2.2 amounting to 19,900 ounces.
An open pit deposit.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsList of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
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Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
ⓘ | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
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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Cenozoic 0 - 66 Ma ID: 798501 | ferruginous duricrust 38498 Age: Cenozoic (0 - 66 Ma) Description: Ferruginous duricrust, laterite; pisolitic, nodular, vuggy; may include massive to pisolitic ferruginous subsoil, mottled clays, magnesite, reworked products of ferruginous and siliceous duricrusts, calcrete, gossan; residual ferruginous saprolite Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith 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] |
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] |
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