Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	31° 39' 50'' South , 119° 34' 36'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):	-31.66392,119.57675
GeoHash:	G#: qdm5c5c0k
Locality type:	Mine
Köppen climate type:	BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate

The Gordon Highlander Mine is approximately 25 kilometres south of Marvel Loch, and 100 metres east of the Marvel Loch-Forrestania Road, about 200 metres south of the Spring Hill Mine. A second area of historic workings is 100 metres further east of the Gordon Highlander, but whether it is part of the same mine, or a different location could not be determined.

Information is likely incomplete due to the prospecting nature of the field, and mines were operational before records were kept by the Mines Department.

In the early 1890's the mine was developed by Ben Strange of Perth. Under the Disputed name, the miners were Pat (Paddy) Hannan, who later discovered gold and founded Kalgoorlie, Jack Reidy who discovered the Kurnalpi Goldfield, Billy McIntosh who developed the McIntosh Mine also at Parker's Range, and three others. They took out 300 tonnes for 600 ounces.

The source in 1909 states good gold was taken out subsequent to the above operations, but no systematic development of the mine had taken place. Crushings were found in 1902, 1904, and 1907.

In 1909, V. Shallcross, on behalf on the Gold Industry of W.A. (organisation or company?), had taken a 12 month working option over the mine, and nearby Spring Hill at 200 acres in total. Shallcross states prior mining had cleared out the rich exposed patches leaving only low grade ore. Up to 1909 the mine has crushed 117 tonnes of ore for 44 ounces, but records are likely incomplete.

Activity at the site resumed across 1924 and 1925 by W.A. Patterson Jnr, and J. Dalziel. Patterson may have been the son of Alex Patterson who owned the nearby Spring Hill mine, but could not be confirmed. The quartz veins at Gordon Highlander are said to be smaller than Spring Hill but on the same line of lode.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

Mineral List

2 valid minerals.

Regional Geology

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Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 724794

mafic extrusive rocks 74255 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Metabasalt, high-Mg basalt, tholeiitic basalt, carbonated basalt, agglomerate, mafic schist, dolerite, amphibolite; porphyritic basalt and dolerite; komatiitic basalt; mafic pyroclastics; minor mafic schist with granite intercalations Comments: igneous mafic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic volcanic 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: 3189632

Archean volcanic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Yilgarn Craton Lithology: Greenstone belt; 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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