Fosterville Goldfield, Fosterville, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Fosterville Goldfield | Ore Field |
Fosterville | Town |
City of Greater Bendigo | - not defined - |
Victoria | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 41' 52'' South , 144° 30' 11'' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
87911
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:87911:1
GUID (UUID V4):
eee91a6c-c4ba-4b49-a14e-6d7c37eae469
Located 135 km north of Melbourne, hosted by quartz-rich Ordovician turbidites of the Bendigo Zone in the western Lachlan Fold Belt.
The Fosterville goldfield extends over an area of approximately 7kms in a northerly line.
History
Gold was first discovered in the Fosterville area in 1894 with activity continuing until 1903 for a total of 28,000 ounces of production. Mining in this era was confined to near-surface oxide material.
Aside from a minor tailings retreatment in the 1930s, the field lay dormant until the 1988 when Bendigo Gold Associates again recommenced gold production at Fosterville from the reprocessing of tailings. By 1989 this program had come to an end and exploration for oxide resources commenced. The leases were then acquired by Brunswick who continued exploration and in 1991 started heap leaching ore derived from shallow oxide open pits. After six months of production, Brunswick went into receivership as a result of the failure of another operation. Perseverance bought the operation from the receivers and continued the oxide heap leach operations. Perseverance continued to produce between 25,000 ounces to 35,000 ounces per annum until the cessation of the oxide mining in 2001. Between 1988 and 2001, a total of 240,000 ounces of gold were poured (Roberts et al, 2003).
In 2001, Perseverance underwent a significant recapitalisation and the focus of the company changed to developing the sulphide resource. A feasibility study investigating a combined open pit and underground mining operation feeding 0.8Mtpa of sulphide ore to a BIOX® processing plant was completed in 2003. Work on the plant and open pit mining commenced in early 2004. Commercial sulphide hosted gold production commenced in April 2005 and up to the end of December 2011 had produced 580,643 ounces of gold. Underground development commenced in March 2006 with first production recorded in September 2006. The 500,000th ounce milestone of ‘sulphide’ gold production was achieved in April 2011.
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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities12 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Localities: |
ⓘ Boulangerite Formula: Pb5Sb4S11 |
ⓘ Bournonite Formula: PbCuSbS3 |
ⓘ 'Calcite Group' Formula: AXO3 |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Localities: |
ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS Localities: |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Localities: |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Localities: |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: |
ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 Localities: |
ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
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 | |||
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
ⓘ | Bournonite | 2.GA.50 | PbCuSbS3 |
ⓘ | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
ⓘ | Boulangerite | 2.HC.15 | Pb5Sb4S11 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
ⓘ | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
ⓘ | 'Calcite Group' | - | AXO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Localities in this Region
- Victoria
- City of Greater Bendigo
- Fosterville
- City of Greater Bendigo
- Victoria
- City of Greater Bendigo
- Fosterville
- Fosterville Goldfield
- Fosterville
- City of Greater Bendigo
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Lachlan OrogenOrogen
- Bendigo ZoneZone (Tectonic)
- Victoria
- Bendigo ZoneZone (Tectonic)
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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