Westonia Gold Deposits

AU / Western Australia

•-31.28857, 118.69760View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Westonia Gold Deposits is a historic mining site in Western Australia, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Edna May Gneiss (Gneiss). Reported specimens include Biotite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Feldspar, Galena, Gold; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Ilmenite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Biotite, Feldspar, Kaolin, Limonite, Quartz, Zircon. Production began in 1911.

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BiotiteChalcopyriteDigeniteFeldsparGalenaGoldHessiteIlmeniteKaolinLimoniteMarcasiteMolybdenitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzRutileSphaleriteZircon

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Edna May Gneiss — Gneiss
Associated rock: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteDigeniteGalenaGoldHessiteIlmeniteMarcasiteMolybdenitePyritePyrrhotiteRutileSphalerite

Gangue minerals

BiotiteFeldsparKaolinLimoniteQuartzZircon

Structure

Greenstone Belt

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production years: 1911-1922, 1935-1947, 1985-
First production: 1911

Records and references

Cited references

MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10. DRUMMOND, A.J., AND BEILBY, G.R., 1990, WESTONIA GOLD DEPOSITS, 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. 289-1295. DRUMMOND AND BEILBY, 1990.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10085221 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -31.28857, 118.69760

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