Agamemnon Gold Mine, Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 31° 20' 57'' South , 119° 23' 27'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -31.34919,119.39102 |
GeoHash: | G#: qdkvsv1cs |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
The deposit was discovered in 1910, and several leases were applied for over an area of 120 acres. Small amounts of gold had been found, but nothing substantial. Little appears to have happened to the site until recent times.
The site is 50 metres east of the Southern Cross-Marvel Loch Road, and is 10 kilometres north of Marvel Loch. A farm homestead, sheds, wheat bins are directly opposite the access track from the above road.
The site is marked by a couple of small pits, and disturbed area from modern mining. Minor alluvial workings and shafts are found in the surrounding area.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
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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] |
Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 780883 | undivided metamorphosed igneous and sedimentary rocks 74367 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Komatiitic basalt, quartz-muscovite-andalusite schist, basalt, dacitic porphyry, granite with greenstone rafts, agglomerate, talc schist, banded gneiss, quartzite, amphibolite, schist, ultramafic rocks, banded iron formation, dolerite, granite Comments: igneous mafic volcanic; meta-igneous ultramafic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic volcanic; meta-igneous ultramafic 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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Agamemnon Gold Mine, Marvel Loch, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia