Standard Mine, Mount Jackson Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 13' 14'' South , 119° 18' 8'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.22064,119.30250 |
GeoHash: | G#: qdsu4f92j |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Gold Mining lease 2548.
The former mine is located approximately 1.5kms south-east of Marda Tank.
The mine operated via shafts, drives, cross-cuts and stopes.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsMineral List
1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ 'Dolerite' Reference: Blatchford, T., Honman, C.S., Simpson, E.S., Farquarson, R.A. (1917) The Geology of the Yilgarn Goldfield and Mineral Resources, Part III, The Gold Belt North of Southern Cross including Westonia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 71. |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: Blatchford, T., Honman, C.S., Simpson, E.S., Farquarson, R.A. (1917) The Geology of the Yilgarn Goldfield and Mineral Resources, Part III, The Gold Belt North of Southern Cross including Westonia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 71. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | 'Gold' | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Dolerite' | - |
List 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 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
ⓘ | 'Dolerite' | - |
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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Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 791439 | 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: 3187519 | 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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