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Quartz from
Darlot Gold Mine, Darlot Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Darlot Gold Mine, Darlot Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:620246
Long-form Identifier:1:3:620246:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘMonte Christo Gold Mine, Darlot Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘAmazon Gold Mine, Darlot Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘBritish King Gold Mine, Darlot Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
35.2km (21.9 miles) ⓘGoanna Patch Mining area, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
39.8km (24.7 miles) ⓘDragon Gold Mine (Dragon-Venus), Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘThunderbox Gold Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
47.1km (29.3 miles) ⓘChallenger-Mt McClure open pit (Challenger Gold; Challenger North; Challenger South), Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘGreat Western Gold Mine (Wilson's Patch), Ten Mile Outcamp, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘParmelia Gold Mine, Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure), Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
56.3km (35.0 miles) ⓘPerseverance Mine, Leinster, 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
Kenworthy, S., & Hagemann, S. G. (2005). Decoupled lamprophyric magmatism and gold mineralization at the Archean Darlot lode gold deposit, Western Australia. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 987-990). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
 
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