Pegasus gold prospect, Kundana Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 43' 10'' South , 121° 14' 5'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.71957,121.23475 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qdw1nz8mw |
| Locality type: | Prospect |
| Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
The Pegasus gold prospect was first named in 1999, after a gold anomalism was reported at the site in 1987. Exploration drilling continued across 1999-2006, identifying a sub-economic small resource. This was re-evaluated in 2011, with basically far more gold found, and a mineralised structure continuing north and dipping 45 degrees west.
The Pegasus deposit is 480 metres north of the Rubicon mine, and accessed from this mines decline. Pegasus has an Indicated Resource of 1401 Mt at 11.9 g/t yielding 535 000 ounces of gold; and an Inferred Resource of 678 Mt at 10.5 g/t yielding 228 000 ounces.
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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| Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 705413 | lunette dunes 72955 Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Quartz and gypsum dunes and mounds (kopi); may include minor silt, sand, gravel, and clay flats adjacent to playas; locally includes some playa sediments Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith 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: 3190331 | Archean sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Archean (2500 - 3200 Ma) Comments: Yilgarn Craton Lithology: Felsic 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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