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Diorite from
Big Blow Gold Mine, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Type:Diorite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Big Blow Gold Mine, Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1019127
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1019127:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diorite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘKing Solomon Gold Mine (King Solomon's), Coolgardie, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.5km (17.1 miles) ⓘMount Marion Gold Mine (Ghost Crab), Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘBoulder Main Reef Gold Mine (Great Boulder Main Reef; Boulder South Extended), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
37.6km (23.3 miles) ⓘIvanhoe Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
37.6km (23.4 miles) ⓘLake View Consols Gold Mine (Lake View and Star), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
38.6km (24.0 miles) ⓘParinga Gold Mine (Paringa Extended; Croesus South), Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘMullingar, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
39.9km (24.8 miles) ⓘRising Sun Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘKing Edward Gold Mine, Mount Pleasant, Black Flag Goldfield, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australia
52.1km (32.4 miles) ⓘGibb Shoot, Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
The Inquirer and Commercial News newspaper (Perth) (1894), Our Coolgardie Letter, 20/07/1894
 
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