RB 88/00040 Earea Dam Goldfield, historical review and production records.
Published: 01 Jun 1988 Created: 07 Nov 2024 Revised: 07 Nov 2024

Earea Dam Goldfield is 38 km ESE of Tarcoola, on section 1007, out of hundreds. Since discovery in 1899, 1 869.63 tonnes of ore have yielded 59 237.59 grams of gold bullion, during several periods of operation. Ore has been treated at Tarcoola,...

Earea Dam Goldfield is 38 km ESE of Tarcoola, on section 1007, out of hundreds. Since discovery in 1899, 1 869.63 tonnes of ore have yielded 59 237.59 grams of gold bullion, during several periods of operation. Ore has been treated at Tarcoola, Glenloth, Mount Torrens and Peterborough State Batteries. Average grade of the ore treated was 35.33 g/t Au, with battery and cyanide treatment recovering 90% of the contained gold. This report provides an historical outline and a brief description of the workings and contains all known records of ore treated and gold bullion recovered by amalgamation and cyanidation from the mines on this field.

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Record No rb8800040
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province Gawler Craton
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Geographic Locality: Earea Dam
Doc No: RB 88/00040

Geographic Locality: Earea Dam Doc No: RB 88/00040

Language English
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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8800040
Citation Fradd, W.P. 1988. RB 88/00040 Earea Dam Goldfield, historical review and production records. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8800040

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