Aurora Gold Mine, Mount Dimer Goldfield, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 21' 57'' South , 119° 39' 28'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.36592,119.65800 |
GeoHash: | G#: qdt56bh39 |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
More information is needed for this locality. The mine is 5 kilometres south of the Aurora and Helena Ranges, and 2 kilometres east of the north-south Koolyanobbing to Aurora & Helena Ranges track. There is a donga camp and small exploration pit at the site (2014). At the time of writing the area is a local conservation battle ground, and the mining company could be keeping a low profile as a result.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
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Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 709598 | chert, banded iron formation 74260 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Banded iron formation, chert, ferruginous chert. In places with jaspilite and red, black and white banded iron formation. Hornblende-grunerite-hematite-magnetite-quartz rock; schistose amphibolite and ultramafic schist; silicified and commonly lateritise Comments: sedimentary non-carbonate chemical or biochemical; meta-igneous mafic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary non-carbonate chemical or biochemical; meta-igneous mafic 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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