Galtee More Mine

AU / Western Australia

•-28.00788, 117.82792View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Galtee More Mine is a historic mining site in Western Australia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Chert, Basalt. Reported specimens include Chlorite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite; gangue is recorded as Chlorite, Quartz. The site was discovered in 1897; production began in 1897.

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Found Here

ChloriteGoldMagnetitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartz

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Chert, Basalt
Associated rock: Shale, Iron Formation

Ore minerals

GoldMagnetitePyritePyrrhotite

Gangue minerals

ChloriteQuartz

Structure

Shearing, Folding, Faulting

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Discovered: 1897
Production years: 1897-1915, 1922-1924, 1938-1952
First production: 1897

Records and references

Cited references

MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10. BROMLEY, G.J., 1990, GALTEE MORE GOLD DEPOSITS, MOUNT MAGNET, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 243-247. BROMLEY, 1990.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10085178 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -28.00788, 117.82792

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