The Childe Harold Gold Mine is an open pit, just north-west of the Granny Smith mines, which it shares a similar geology to.

The deposit is part of the Granny Smith Shear. Gold is related to a quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusive. This in turn is hosted within a diverse lithological package including shale, banded iron formation, ultramafic and hematite altered highly sulphidic granodiorite.

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Commodity List

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

ⓘ Gold

Mineral List

3 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

References:

Mueller, A.G., Hall, G.C., Nemchin, A.A., Stein, H.J., Creaser, R.A., and Mason, D.R. (2008): Archean High-Mg Monzodiorite–syenite, Epidote Skarn, and Biotite–sericite Gold Lodes in the Granny Smith–Wallaby District, Australia- U–Pb and Re–Os chronometry of two intrusion-related hydrothermal systems. Mineralium Deposita (2008):43: 337-362.

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe₂O₃

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ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

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ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

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Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Hematite	4.CB.05	Fe₂O₃
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Feldspar Group'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃
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

Metex Resources Limited (2003), Drilling Results- Childe Harold- ASX announcement, 12/02/2003

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