Mine detail: Greenvale Mine

Previously called 'Greenvale Nickel Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: -18.91356, 144.98213

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Cobalt
Discovery year: 1967

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1974
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Greenvale Serpentinite;Boiler Gully Complex
Host type:Gabbro,Peridotite
Structure:Laterisation Of Intensely Sheared And Faulted Ultrabasic Intrusive
Tectonic:Fault Zone

References

MRDSISM0215
DEP10024495
Reference{Deposit:: FLETCHER, K., AND COUPER, J., 1975, GREENVALE NICKEL LATERITE, NORTH QUEENSLAND, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GE-OLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRA-LASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 995--1001.}{Deposit:: BURGER, P. A., 1979, THE GREENVALE NICKEL LATERITE OREBODY, IN EVANS, D. J. I., SHOEMAKER, R.S., AND VELTMA, H., E-DS., INTERNATIONAL LATERITE SYMPOSIUM: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INST-ITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 24--37.}{Deposit:: METALS EXPLORATION LTD., 1975-1981, ANNUAL REPORTS (GREENVALE NICKEL PROJECT)}{Deposit:: QUEENSLAND NICKEL PTY. LTD., THE GREENVALE NICKEL PROJECT.}{Production:: PA1-PA2: RF3, 1977-1981. PC1-PC2: RF3, 1975-1981.}
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