Tuckabianna Project
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The Tuckabianna project is 100% wholly owned by Silver Lake Resources and is situated approximately 25 km east of Cue in the Murchison Province of the Archaean Yilgarn Block and this is the secondary portion of the tenement. The project consists of 15 granted tenements covering 238 km2. This project is part of Silver Lakes greater Murchison Goldfield focus area whhich is located between the multi-million ounce gold producing areas of Mount Magnet and Cue, 600 km northeast of Perth. Murchison assets consist of the Tuckabianna, Comet and Moyagee projects.
Between Measured/Indicated/Inferred Resources Total Resources include:
-18,370,000 tonnes Ore
-2.8 grams/tonne
-1,650,000 total Oz
Gold was discovered at Tuckabianna in 1915 with intermittent small scale production from rich mineralised pods within the hostbanded iron formation ("BIF"). During the period leading up to the commencement of modern open pit mining operations in 1988, total gold production was 53,000 oz at an average grade of 18 g/t Au.
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.\
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 stratigraphy. These mineralised zones are interpreted as having resulted from faults which cut the stratigraphy at a low angle. Gold is generally associated with quartz-carbonate-pyrite-pyrrhotite stringers developed within these zones.
Silver Lake’s project area covers a significant strike extent of a regionally extensive shear zone, the north-northeast trending Moyagee Shear, which sub-parallels the Lena Shear to the east. In the eastern portion of the project area, gold mineralisation is spatially associated with the Tuckabianna Shear, which is regarded as a low angle splay off the Moyagee Shear.
Between Indicated and Inferred Resources Total Resources include:
Tuckabiana Open Pits:
-8,220,000 tonnes Ore
-2.2 grams/tonne
-570,000 total Oz
Tuckabiana Underground:
-2,430,000 tonnes Ore
-4.0 grams/tonne
-310,000 total Oz
Reference for information:
www.silverlakeresources.com.au/Projects/Murchison-Goldf...
www.silverlakeresources.com.au/projects/murchison-goldf...
Between Measured/Indicated/Inferred Resources Total Resources include:
-18,370,000 tonnes Ore
-2.8 grams/tonne
-1,650,000 total Oz
Gold was discovered at Tuckabianna in 1915 with intermittent small scale production from rich mineralised pods within the hostbanded iron formation ("BIF"). During the period leading up to the commencement of modern open pit mining operations in 1988, total gold production was 53,000 oz at an average grade of 18 g/t Au.
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.\
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 stratigraphy. These mineralised zones are interpreted as having resulted from faults which cut the stratigraphy at a low angle. Gold is generally associated with quartz-carbonate-pyrite-pyrrhotite stringers developed within these zones.
Silver Lake’s project area covers a significant strike extent of a regionally extensive shear zone, the north-northeast trending Moyagee Shear, which sub-parallels the Lena Shear to the east. In the eastern portion of the project area, gold mineralisation is spatially associated with the Tuckabianna Shear, which is regarded as a low angle splay off the Moyagee Shear.
Between Indicated and Inferred Resources Total Resources include:
Tuckabiana Open Pits:
-8,220,000 tonnes Ore
-2.2 grams/tonne
-570,000 total Oz
Tuckabiana Underground:
-2,430,000 tonnes Ore
-4.0 grams/tonne
-310,000 total Oz
Reference for information:
www.silverlakeresources.com.au/Projects/Murchison-Goldf...
www.silverlakeresources.com.au/projects/murchison-goldf...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 27°21'51"S 118°12'0"E
- Tuckabianna Project 14 km
- Mount Keith 230 km
- Mount Jackson Iron Ore Mine 336 km
- Murrin Murrin Nickel-Cobalt Mine 387 km
- Cawse Nickel Mine 435 km
- Sunrise Dam Mine 453 km
- Mount Pleasant Gold Mine 457 km
- Paddington Gold Mine 461 km
- Kundana Gold Mine 472 km
- St. Ives Gold Mine 552 km
- Lake Austin 35 km
- Yarrabubba Meteorite Impact Structure 66 km
- Yeelirrie Mine 171 km
- Yeelirre Uranium Deposit 171 km
- Mount Keith Nickel Mine 235 km
- Wanjarri Nature Reserve 249 km
- Lake Barlee 253 km
- Mount Mclure Mine 270 km
- Bannockburn Mine 292 km
- Lake Ballard 352 km