Queensland Minerals |
A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
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The majority of work is currently within the area of the old Scottish Gympie mine which was historically the biggest producer within the |
Gympie Goldfield but also includes the West of Scotland. |
Gold production is from two styles of quartz veins: "Gympie vein quartz" lodes and "Inglewood" lodes. The Gympie veins were |
signifcant historic producers and commonly contain spectacular high grades. |
The Inglewood lodes are complex quartz veins emplaced at or near the eastern margin of a steeply-dipping, series of fractionated |
microdiorites which were emplaced along the Inglewood Fault. |
The gold within the Inglewood lodes is characterised by free gold which tends to be finer grained than in most of the Gympie quartz vein |
lodes. Minor amounts of copper and arsenic are associated with the gold. |
The Gympie Gold Limited operation is famous for its spectacular specimen gold which where possible is selectively removed and sold as |
specimens and in jewellery. |
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