Swan Bitter Gold Mine, Gidgee, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Swan Bitter Gold Mine | Pit (Inactive) |
| Gidgee | Village |
| Sandstone Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 15' 3'' South , 119° 24' 53'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Pit (Inactive) - last checked 2022
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Swan Bitter is a large open pit, and underground workings, 20 kilometres south of the Meekatharra-Yeelirrie Road. Now water filled.
The Gidgee processing plant is just west of the pit, accommodation village and airstrip 500 metres south-west. The Swan Bitter open pit is surrounded by several smaller pits.
In 2012, the open pit contained a resource of 3 240 000 tonnes of ore at 2.51 g/t yielding 261,100 ounces of gold. Meanwhile, the underground workings have a resource of 284,000 tonne of ore at 9.40 g/t yielding 85 800 ounces of gold.
Initial mining was the near surface laterite zone, 1 to 5 metres of indurated coarse rubble and pisolitic material, with patches of Fe and calcareous duricrust, overlying 60-70 metres of saprolite.
Gold is found in lens zones and pods of quartz-goethite-limonite vein swarms and stockworks, with some haloes in the host rocks.
Later mining was in the primary zone of ankerite basalt and quartz veins, and carbonate with schorl, pyrite and arsenopyrite.
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7 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| ⓘ Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
| ⓘ Goethite Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH) Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
| ⓘ Schorl Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Reference: http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn753 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Schorl | 9.CK.05 | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Ankerite | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
External Links
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