Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	28° 50' 33'' South , 121° 17' 47'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):	-28.84252,121.29640
GeoHash:	G#: qdy7bjmk5
Locality type:	Mine
Köppen climate type:	BWh : Hot deserts climate

The Dawn of Hope Gold Mine is 5 kilometres north of Leonora, and is marked (or at least in the vicinity) of a tiny shallow open pit immediately north of the large Trump open pit, and within the surrounding bund of this mine.

Historically it was probably opened around 1897 along with other mines in the area, but information was only found from 1900 to 1920. It was always a prospector show, with a succession of owners, the list below probably not complete.

The Eascott brothers 1907, J Neville 1908, Holden and Richardson 1916.

Between 1912 and 1914, the mine was known as The Federal Mint worked by Heron, Williamson, and Dawson (surnames). When the neighbouring Ping Pong mine stopped pumping water, a heavy inflow came into the Dawn of Hope. A pump was installed, but the water won and the prospectors abandoned the mine. Greenwood and Nagy (surnames) then sank a new shaft to the north-west of the old one.

In 1919, The Gwalia Central Company took out a 3 month option over the mine. From 1917 to 1920, J.A. Deerson and Smith were operating the mine.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

Mineral List

1 valid mineral.

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: 906047

hi-Ca granite 74296 Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Description: Monzogranite, granodiorite, tonalite, quartz monzonite; in places recrystallised and foliated; some mixed granite and country rock assemblages; high-Ca granite Comments: igneous felsic intrusive; igneous intermediate intrusive; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic intrusive; igneous intermediate intrusive 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: 3188638

Archean volcanic and intrusive 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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