Hicks Gold Mine, Goongarrie (Roaring Gimlet; Ninety Mile), Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 2' 45'' South , 121° 9' 59'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.04600,121.16642 |
GeoHash: | G#: qdwjj4q9q |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Named after the original prospector who pegged the lease shortly after gold was discovered here in 1893. The mine was in the vicinity of the present two abandoned Caledonia open pits, about 200 metres north-east of the railway fetter's cottages on the highway.
29 acres. Hicks obtained a large quantity of gold from a leader. Ex M.L.A. Fred Monger then floated the mine in London in 1896, with 130 000 pounds capital raised, of which Hicks and party got 13 000 pounds, and a large portion of shares.
Shortly after a neighbouring lease of 6 acres was secured for 800 pounds. A 10 head battery was erected in 1897. 900 ounces of gold was won. Mining was suspended at the end of 1897 for lack of capital, indicating much money had been wasted, or lined the pockets of directors and promoters. The company was wound up in 1898, reconstructed, and more money raised from gullible investors, then the company went into liquidation again in 1899.
The mine passed into the hands of Phoenix Mines Limited who did nothing with it, apart from removing the battery.
The Mindat co-ordinates are approximate.
Commodity List
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1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
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Neoarchean - Mesoarchean 2500 - 3200 Ma ID: 3187518 | 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] |
Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 883839 | ultramafic and minor mafic rocks 74475 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Tremolite-chlorite-talc amphibolite, metapyroxenite, pyroxenite, peridotite, serpentinite, ultramafic schists, komatiite, high-Mg basalt; also chalcedony, silica, jasper, silcrete, silica cap rock on ultramafic rocks Comments: igneous ultramafic intrusive; meta-igneous ultramafic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous ultramafic intrusive; meta-igneous ultramafic 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] |
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