Golden Mile

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Golden Mile is a famously rich gold-bearing ore deposit in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, historically one of the world’s largest and most productive goldfields.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Golden Mile canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gold ore deposit ⓘ
goldfield ⓘ
adjacentTo Kalgoorlie townsite ⓘ
linked to: Kalgoorlie
commodity gold ⓘ
contains quartz veins ⓘ
sulphide ore bodies ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
developedDuring Western Australian gold rush ⓘ
discoveredBy Dan Shea ⓘ
Paddy Hannan ⓘ
Tom Flanagan ⓘ
discoveredIn 1893 ⓘ
economicImpact significant to Western Australian economy ⓘ
geologicalSetting Archean greenstone belt ⓘ
hasCity Kalgoorlie ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact mine waste dumps ⓘ
open-pit landscape ⓘ
hasIndustry gold mining ⓘ
hasMiningOperation Kalgoorlie Super Pit ⓘ
hasProcessing cyanide leaching ⓘ
gold milling ⓘ
hasResource gold-bearing sulphides ⓘ
refractory gold ore ⓘ
historicalSignificance major contributor to Western Australian gold rush ⓘ
one of the world’s largest goldfields ⓘ
influencedDevelopmentOf Goldfields railway infrastructure ⓘ
Kalgoorlie-Boulder ⓘ
linked to: Kalgoorlie
isMajorGoldProvinceOf Western Australia ⓘ
knownFor high-grade gold ores ⓘ
large gold production ⓘ
rich gold-bearing ore ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Goldfields region ⓘ
Kalgoorlie ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
miningMethod open-pit mining ⓘ
underground mining ⓘ
nameOrigin named for richness of gold over about one mile of strike length ⓘ
near Super Pit ⓘ
oreType lode gold deposit ⓘ
partOf Kalgoorlie-Boulder ⓘ
linked to: Kalgoorlie

Yilgarn Craton ⓘ
region Goldfields-Esperance ⓘ
startOfLargeScaleMining 1890s ⓘ
state Western Australia ⓘ
timePeriodOfPeakProduction early 20th century ⓘ
late 20th century open-pit era ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Super Pit → primaryOreBody → Golden Mile ⓘ
Fimiston Open Pit → locatedOn → Golden Mile ⓘ