The Celtic Gold Mine is an abandoned open pit, 70 kilometres north of Leonora, bordering the west side of the Goldfields Highway. It was mined by Sons of Gwalia, with the Wonder West and Wonder North pits from 2000 to 2002. This period produced in total from the three pits of 1.7 Mt of ore at 2.15 g/t for 115 000 ounces of gold.

Bligh Resources came to own the mines due to its gradual takeover of SR Mining Pty Ltd. They named it the Bundarra Gold Project. Bligh estimates Celtic contains 1.25 MT of ore at 2.05 g/t yielding 83 000 ounces of gold.

The deposit is located at the contact with greenstone and granite/syenite on the west margin of a large granite batholith,adjacent to the Keith-Kilkenny Shear Zone. The host rock is dolerite with sills and dykes of magma, mingled syenite and granodiorite.

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ⓘ Gold

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ⓘ Native Gold

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

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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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

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

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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

www.blighresources.com.au (n.d.) http://www.blighresources.com.au/projects/bundarra.php

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