Gold was discovered in the area in the early 1890s. In 1906, following gold mining leases being issued to Markham, Doolette, Leneberg and Le Breton, who named their lease Marvel Loch. The town is named after the horse that won the Caulfield Cup in 1905. The town lies between the mine and another minesite, and the current location was surveyed in 1909 and the town was gazetted in 1911.[2] The Marvel Loch Progress Association was formed in 1909, to help get a School established in the area, which was built by the Association in around 1910 out of Lime Wash Hession Walls with Bush Poles and an Iron Roof. In 1911 with attendance growing resulted in a bigger building being built in 1911.
Tianye SXO Gold Mining currently operate the Marvel Loch Gold Mine in Marvel Loch, and have a gold processing plant located near the town to process ore from their surrounding mines, Nevoria and Aquarius. The plant is projected to produce 200,000 ounces (5.7 metric tons) of gold in 2015.[3]
marvel, loch, western, australia, marvel, loch, small, townsite, fewer, than, people, kilometres, east, perth, western, australia, located, kilometres, south, west, southern, cross, along, perth, kalgoorlie, great, eastern, highway, town, located, shire, yilga. Marvel Loch is a small townsite of fewer than 100 people 401 kilometres 249 mi east of Perth Western Australia It is located 32 kilometres 20 mi south west of Southern Cross along the Perth to Kalgoorlie Great Eastern Highway The town is located in the Shire of Yilgarn Marvel Loch Western AustraliaMarvel LochCoordinates31 28 05 S 119 29 20 E 31 468 S 119 489 E 31 468 119 489Population120 SAL 2021 1 Established1901Postcode s 6426Elevation437 m 1 434 ft Area845 5 km2 326 4 sq mi Location401 km 249 mi east of Perth31 km 19 mi south east of Southern Cross115 km 71 mi east of MerredinLGA s Shire of YilgarnState electorate s Central WheatbeltFederal division s O Connor Gold was discovered in the area in the early 1890s In 1906 following gold mining leases being issued to Markham Doolette Leneberg and Le Breton who named their lease Marvel Loch The town is named after the horse that won the Caulfield Cup in 1905 The town lies between the mine and another minesite and the current location was surveyed in 1909 and the town was gazetted in 1911 2 The Marvel Loch Progress Association was formed in 1909 to help get a School established in the area which was built by the Association in around 1910 out of Lime Wash Hession Walls with Bush Poles and an Iron Roof In 1911 with attendance growing resulted in a bigger building being built in 1911 Tianye SXO Gold Mining currently operate the Marvel Loch Gold Mine in Marvel Loch and have a gold processing plant located near the town to process ore from their surrounding mines Nevoria and Aquarius The plant is projected to produce 200 000 ounces 5 7 metric tons of gold in 2015 3 The surrounding areas produce some wheat and other cereal crops The town is a receival site for Cooperative Bulk Handling 4 References edit Australian Bureau of Statistics 28 June 2022 Marvel Loch suburb and locality Australian Census 2021 QuickStats Retrieved 28 June 2022 nbsp History of country town names M Western Australian Land Information Authority Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 Retrieved 16 September 2008 St Barbara Limited Southern Cross Operations 2008 Archived from the original on 15 May 2013 Retrieved 16 September 2008 CBH receival sites PDF 2011 Archived from the original PDF on 18 March 2012 Retrieved 1 April 2013 nbsp This article about a location in Western Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marvel Loch Western Australia amp oldid 1220773043, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
