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Kanowna Belle Gold Deposit, Western Australia
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Dell, Matthew Leme, Crc |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Gold was discovered at Kanowna in 1893 but activity declined rapidly after 1914. Production was initially from quartz reefs along the White Feather structure and later from deep leads and cemented alluvials (Beckett et al., 1998). Although there was sporadic exploration from the late 1970s, Canyon Resources Pty Ltd (later Delta Gold) recognized the potential for open-pit, deep-lead and bedrock mining at Kanowna and acquired tenements in 1982-83. They joined forces with North Mining as the Golden Valley Joint Venture to exploit the nearby supergene QED Deposit and systematically explored the Kanowna Belle area with RAB drilling. In mid 1987, drilling intersected 2 m at 11 g/t Au and 4 m at 3 g/t Au at 52 m and 28 m depths respectively. Soil geochemistry defi ned a 350 m diameter anomaly of >60 ppb with a peak of 150 ppb Au in the <80 mesh (<180 μm) soil, against a background of 10-20 ppb (Thomson and Peachey, 1993). Further RAB drilling confi rmed signifi cant Au mineralization and, in September 1991, an indicated and inferred resource of 11.2 Mt at 5.2 g/t Au was outlined (Beckett et al., 1998). |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://crcleme.org.au/RegExpOre/KanownaBelle.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
