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Quartz from
Bronzewing Mine (Bronzewing-Mount McClure Mine), Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bronzewing Mine (Bronzewing-Mount McClure Mine), Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:620226
Long-form Identifier:1:3:620226:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘBronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘMount McClure Gold Mine, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘOld Bronzewing Gold Mine, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘSundowner gold prospects, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘParmelia Gold Mine, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘMount Joel gold prospects, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘChallenger-Mt McClure open pit (Challenger Gold; Challenger North; Challenger South), Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘDragon Gold Mine (Dragon-Venus), Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘCorboy's Find Gold Mine, New England Goldfield (Mount Vernon), Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘSix Mile Well Pit, Yakabindie Station, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Neil Phillips, G., Vearncombe, J. R., Eshuys, E. (1998) Yandal greenstone belt, Western Australia: 12 million ounces of gold in the 1990s. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (3) 310-316 doi:10.1007/s001260050150
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
 
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