Nathan Gold Mine, Peak Hill Goldfield, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 25° 19' 6'' South , 118° 18' 26'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -25.31852,118.30745 |
GeoHash: | G#: qekpunuug |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
An abandoned pit approximately 500 metres west north-west of the central processing plant.
Commodity List
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Regional Geology
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Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 3184366 | Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Glengarry Group Comments: Naberru Basin Lithology: Mafic volcanic rocks; basalt; greywacke,iron formation,shale,sandstone,conglomerate 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] |
Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 900360 | Wilthorpe Formation Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Wilthorpe Formation Description: Conglomerate with sandstone matrix, sandstone, siltstone, commonly graded; chert, chlorite rock, metasiltstone and phyllite Comments: sedimentary siliciclastic; argillaceous detrital sediment; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary siliciclastic; argillaceous detrital sediment 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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