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Montague Range Goldfield, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 24' 51'' South , 119° 32' 6'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-27.41420,119.53504
GeoHash:
G#: qejh016u8
GRN:
S19E75
Type:
Ore Field
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
109698
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:109698:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Located 36 km south west of Youno Downs.

Montague Range was also a historic gold mining centre, albeit relatively minor. It is 70 kilometres north-east of Sandstone. Information was only found between 1905-1908. The mines were generally worked by a small party of men down to single prospectors. Mines at the time included Montague Boulder, Montague Monarch, Montague Main, New Years Gift, Mayflower, Rossie Castle, Caledonia, and Yale Lock amongst others.

The Montague Range inconveniently straddles the Sandstone and Wiluna Shire boundary. Mines in this section refer to the southern section of the range, and near the Sandstone-Meekatharra Road. Mines to the north and west will be included under Gidgee Goldfield (Gum Creek) in the Wiluna Shire. Some of the southern pits may also be in the Sandstone Shire but this whole section will also be placed under the Wiluna Shire.

The southern Montague Range is part of the Gum Creek Greenstone Belt. It consists mostly of metabasalts, and irregular sequences of banded iron formation, metamorphosed ultramafic rocks, and minor metasedimentary rocks, quartzite and shale.

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7 valid minerals.

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ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ Daubréeite
Formula: BiO(OH)
ⓘ Native Gold
Formula: Au
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘDaubréeite4.F0.25BiO(OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ DaubréeiteBiO(OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ DaubréeiteBiO(OH)
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
BiBismuth
Biⓘ DaubréeiteBiO(OH)

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References

The Western Mail newspaper (Perth) (1905) Gold Mining East of Nanine. The New Fields at Montague Range. Inspector Deeble's Report (23 Sep 1905).
Ferguson, K. M. (1999) Lead, zinc and silver deposits of Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 15. Geological Survey of Western Australia
Thompson, W.A., Sheehy, N. (2011) Flora and Vegetation of Banded Iron Formation of the Yilgarn Craton: the Montague Range Zone of the Gum Creek Greenstone Belt. Department of Environment and Conservation, Conservation Science Western Australia, 8(1) pp 95-111.
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