Tuckabianna Project |
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Tuckabianna |
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Australia
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Province |
Western australia |
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Close to |
Cue |
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ADVANCED DISCOVERY
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Surface |
232 km² / 57,327 acres |
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Latitude / Longitude |
27 S 35 / 117 E 48 |
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Risk and valuation analysis of the Tuckabianna Project |
Status Risk : Advanced discovery |
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Location of the Tuckabianna Project |
The Tuckabianna project is situated approximately 25 km east of Cue in the Murchison Province of the Archaean Yilgarn Block. The project consists of 15 granted tenements covering 238 km2.
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History of the Tuckabianna Project |
Gold was discovered at Tuckabianna in 1915 with intermittent small scale production from rich mineralised pods within the hostbanded iron formation. Between 1988 and 1997, approximately six million tonnes of ore was treated from the Tuckabianna area for a total production exceeding 500,000 oz Au. Most of this production came from 17 different open pits located within Silver Lake’s project area.
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Geology of the Tuckabianna Project |
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Gold mineralisation at Tuckabianna is mostly developed within brittle zones associated with well laminated BIF units. Gold is also found along the margins of quartz-feldspar porphyry dykes and in narrow isolated rafts of BIF within the greenstone str more...
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Data last updated on : 6/30/2009
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