Maori Lass Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Maori Lass Gold Mine | Mine |
| Southern Cross | Town |
| Yilgarn Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 14' 51'' South , 119° 19' 11'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Cross | 712 (2012) | 2.3km |
| Moorine Rock | 189 (2013) | 20.1km |
| Mount Palmer | 117 (2014) | 38.6km |
The Maori Lass Gold Mine is 2 kilometres south-west of Southern Cross, and 500 metres south-west of the Fraser's Gold Mine. Maori Lass is a small water filled open pit which borders the east side of the Southern Cross South Road. The concrete lined dam noted in historic accounts can still be seen next to the pit.
Some prospecting work is said to have been undertaken in the early years at the location, to little effect, and no information further was found on it. The place sprang to life in 1911, when a Perth/Adelaide syndicate took out the lease. The principal owners were John Wallace Durack, Frances Connor (M.L.A), William Lauchlin Sanderson, Alexander Sanderson, and Louis August Heinrich Knoop.
A 20 metre (to the water level) open cut and some costeans were dug to test the lode. One source states the geology resembles the Copperhead mine at Bullfinch. The lode is opaline jasper according to one source, and in another becomes arsenical at depth. There are two lodes, thought to be a continuation of the Transvaal lodes, that mine 1.5 kilometres further south. Various reports give wildly differing widths of the lode from 5 to 70 feet.
In early 1914, a 10 head battery was erected. The first crushing showed poor values, and this did not improve over the next 6 months, at which point the mine closed. The battery was sold and removed to the Mt Rankin Mine elsewhere in the district in 1916.
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5 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Opal var. Opaline Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | var. Opaline | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Opal var. Opaline | SiO2 · nH2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Opal var. Opaline | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Opal var. Opaline | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Forrestania Nickel Metallogenic ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Western Yilgarn CratonCraton
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Maori Lass Gold Mine, Southern Cross, Yilgarn Shire, Western Australia, Australia