Located 80 km north west of Leonora.
Latitude: -28.33702
Longitude: 120.8992
Coordinates: 294063mE, 6863670mN.
References: Minedex Database 2006.

The Slaughter Yard Gold Mine is 60 kilometres north-west of Leonora, and 12 kilometres north of Bannockburn. It is a small abandoned pit, which is not well preserved. It can be accessed by continuing north along the track past the North Well Gold Mine.

The deposit is deeply weathered with fine grained pale coloured phyllite and schist. The north north-west trending, steep east dipping foliation, is overprinted by conjugate brittle faults with local vein infill.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

ⓘ Native Gold

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

ⓘ Phyllite

ⓘ Schist

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

References:

MINEDEX Database 2006.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au

List of minerals for each chemical element

Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Australia

Western Australia
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton

Australian PlateTectonic Plate

West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton

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References

Mock, C., Elliott, B.G., Ewers, G.R., Lorenz, R.P. (1987), Gold Deposits of Western Australia, BMR, Datafile (MINDEP), Resource Report 3, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, 1987.

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