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Native Gold from
Stormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia


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Native Gold, etc.

Stormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Native Gold, etc.

Stormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Native Gold, etc.

Stormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Comments:“At Mt Stormont… a peculiar filiform variety of gold has been obtained in small seams traversing a siliceous rock.”
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Bismuthinite3
Amphibole Supergroup2
Andradite2
Actinolite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:428341
Long-form Identifier:1:3:428341:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
4.2km (2.6 miles) ⓘBell Mt goldfield, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘAll Nations mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘDevon Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
27.1km (16.9 miles) ⓘFiretower prospect, Lower Beulah, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘHellyer-Que River Mines, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
42.7km (26.6 miles) ⓘMount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘMt Ramsay mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
52.7km (32.8 miles) ⓘKays diggings, Hellyer River, Arthur River district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
57.2km (35.5 miles) ⓘDoctors Rocks, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Bottrill, Ralph S.; Baker, William. E. (2008) Geological Survey of Tasmania Bulletin - A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania No. 73. Mineral Resources Tasmania. 254 pp.
Cockerton, A. B. D., Tomkins, A. G. (2012) Insights into the Liquid Bismuth Collector Model Through Analysis of the Bi-Au Stormont Skarn Prospect, Northwest Tasmania. Economic Geology, 107 (4) 667-682 doi:10.2113/econgeo.107.4.667
 
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