Blue Funnel Gold Mine, Carbine Goldfield, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Blue Funnel Gold Mine | Mine |
| Carbine Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Coolgardie Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 35' 2'' South , 121° 7' 27'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kalgoorlie | 31,107 (2014) | 38.0km |
| Williamstown | 161 (2018) | 39.0km |
| Coolgardie | 802 (2016) | 41.2km |
| Boulder | 5,178 (2017) | 41.4km |
The Blue Funnel Gold Mine, is at the southern end of the goldfield, on the Zuleika Shear. It can be accessed either on a mine access road heading north-east from just north of the Kunanalling townsite, or south of the Bullant Gold Mine. It is about 5 kilometres north-east of Kunanalling, and is marked by a shallow open pit.
Gold ranges from 0.5 to 30 g/t, hosted in quartz-carbonate veins, within ultramafic schists.
An open cut down to 52 metres was developed from 1987-1988, producing 206 Kt of ore at 3.2 g/t. Reserves below the pit floor were estimated at 150 Kt at 4.5 g/t. Phoenix Gold re-opened the pit in 2013, producing 95 Kt at 2.5 g/t, the ore processed at the Greenfields (Three Mile Hill) plant at Coolgardie.
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3 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Kambalda Nickel Metallogenic ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton
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