Bluebird Gold Mine, Yaloginda Goldfield (Bluebird; Eight Mile; Yallowgindat), Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bluebird Gold Mine | Mine |
| Yaloginda Goldfield (Bluebird; Eight Mile; Yallowgindat) | Ore Field |
| Meekatharra Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° 42' 60'' South , 118° 25' 26'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Meekatharra | 927 (2012) | 15.2km |
The mine is just west of the Bluebird processing plant.
The ore body is fine grained talc-carbonate-chlorite, with minor magnetite and pyrite. Fuchsite, feldspar and chert is found in the shear zone, while in the margins gold is associated with hematite after pyrite above 150 metres, with pyrite below. Hematite or pyrite makes-up 5 to 20% in total of the rock.
There is a 40 metres wide vertical shear zone in altered ultramafic rock. The shear zone contains highly altered bleached rocks, transected by a stockwork of quartz veins. Gold is found right across the shear zone, but is highest in two marginal zones near the Hanging and Footwalls, with the least amount of gold in the centre of the structure.
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8 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' Reference: Mock, C., Elliott, B.G., Ewers, G.R., Lorenz, R.P. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP), Resource Deposit 3, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite Formula: K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Mock, C. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP) Resource Deposit 3, Dept of Primary Industries and Energy/Bur of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
| ⓘ Talc Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 Reference: Mock, C., Elliott, B.G., Ewers, G.R., Lorenz, R.P. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP), Resource Deposit 3, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Fuchsite | 9.EC.15 | K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite | K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite | K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite | K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite | K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite | K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Cr | Chromium | |
| Cr | ⓘ Muscovite var. Fuchsite | K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Mock, C., Elliott, B.G., Ewers, G.R., Lorenz, R.P. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP), Resource Deposit 3, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth Government of Australia, 1987.
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Bluebird Gold Mine, Yaloginda Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia