Camel 1 Mine, Mallina Station, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Camel 1 Mine | Pit |
Mallina Station | Station (farming) |
City of Karratha | Shire |
Western Australia | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
20° 53' 57'' South , 118° 9' 52'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Mindat Locality ID:
273103
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:273103:5
GUID (UUID V4):
6f1e0096-6d6d-4919-851f-21e8ab151b9f
Open pit gold mine.
Located 3 kilometres west of the Withnell Gold Mine. The location is 75 kilometres south-west of Port Hedland, and 10 kilometres south of the North West Coastal Highway. There are two deposits named Camel 1 and Camel 2 (Dromedary).
The deposit is located at the northern margin of the Mallina Shear Zone. The deposits show pyrophyllite alteration, with the ore zone consisting of disseminated pyrite, and other (un-named) sulphide minerals, within sheared, carbonated, and pyrophyllite altered shale, siltstone, and sandstone.
Maps indicate it is part of the Indee Gold Mine location.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Pyrophyllite Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Pyrophyllite | 9.EC.10 | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Pilbara CratonCraton
- Warakurna Large Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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