Golden Mile
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Golden Mile is a famously rich gold-bearing ore deposit in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, historically one of the world’s largest and most productive goldfields.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gold ore deposit
ⓘ
goldfield ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Kalgoorlie townsite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commodity | gold ⓘ |
| contains |
quartz veins
ⓘ
sulphide ore bodies ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| developedDuring | Western Australian gold rush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Dan Shea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paddy Hannan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Flanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1893 ⓘ |
| economicImpact | significant to Western Australian economy ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | Archean greenstone belt ⓘ |
| hasCity | Kalgoorlie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalImpact |
mine waste dumps
ⓘ
open-pit landscape ⓘ |
| hasIndustry | gold mining ⓘ |
| hasMiningOperation | Kalgoorlie Super Pit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProcessing |
cyanide leaching
GENERATED
ⓘ
gold milling GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasResource |
gold-bearing sulphides
ⓘ
refractory gold ore ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major contributor to Western Australian gold rush
ⓘ
one of the world’s largest goldfields ⓘ |
| influencedDevelopmentOf |
Goldfields railway infrastructure
ⓘ
Kalgoorlie-Boulder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMajorGoldProvinceOf | Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-grade gold ores
ⓘ
large gold production ⓘ rich gold-bearing ore ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Goldfields region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalgoorlie NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ |
| miningMethod |
open-pit mining
ⓘ
underground mining ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named for richness of gold over about one mile of strike length ⓘ |
| near | Super Pit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oreType | lode gold deposit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yilgarn Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Goldfields-Esperance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startOfLargeScaleMining | 1890s ⓘ |
| state | Western Australia ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPeakProduction |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 20th century open-pit era ⓘ |
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