White Elvirie River Mine, Halls Creek Goldfield, Halls Creek Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 18° 22' 1'' South , 127° 43' 44'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -18.36715,127.72900 |
GeoHash: | G#: qudzd837t |
Locality type: | Mine |
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate |
Named after the upper reaches of the river it is sited next to. This is a remote location. It is about 20 kilometres south of Halls Creek as the crow flies but far further by road. The track to it appears to be an exploration bulldozer track, likely diabolical, and zig-zags wildly across the landscape.
Alluvial workings are at the site, and a hopper which fed an alluvial gold extraction trommel. There are remains of a wet plant next to a dam about one kilometre to the north.
Two maps were found. An on the ground inspection is needed as one states it borders the southern side of the river, the other the northern side. Doug Stone's map shows the dam mentioned above in the wrong location.
A written attempt will be made at describing access (be warned). Go to Old Halls Creek, and take the track south past the old Lady Broome and Jubilee gold mines. This track eventually begins to swing eastwards to Lake Monte Gordon. Just before this point a track diverges west then turns south-west. It arrives at an alluvial gold area called 44 Gallon Drum, much bulldozed, with exploration tracks going in several directions. Take the track south south-east (not south). This track turns eastwards, south, briefly east again.
This track continues to the White Elvirie River further down stream, with the dam mentioned above a few hundred metres to the west of the track about one kilometre north of the river. . At the point the track turns east the second time, an even fainter track continues south. About one kilometre before it reaches the White Elvirie River, take a track to the west for one kilometre to the mine site, or thereabouts. Do not attempt this unless with a 4 wheel drive, and are well prepared for emergencies.
Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
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Statherian 1600 - 1800 Ma ID: 3184840 | Paleoproterozoic intrusive rocks Age: Statherian (1600 - 1800 Ma) Comments: Halls Creek Orogen Lithology: Intrusive igneous 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] |
Orosirian 1800 - 2050 Ma ID: 932344 | Biscay Formation Age: Orosirian (1800 - 2050 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Biscay Formation Description: Low to medium grade metamorphosed basaltic volcanics, volcaniclastics, dolerites, pelites and carbonates; carbonate and chert lenses, and local sandstone interbeds Comments: igneous mafic volcanic; igneous volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic volcanic; igneous volcanic 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] |
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