Mine detail: Greenvale Mine

Previously called 'Greenvale Nickel Mine'

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -18.91356, 144.98213
dep_id: 10024495
mrds_id: ISM0215
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Pratt C Roger
hrock_unit: Greenvale Serpentinite;Boiler Gully Complex
hrock_type: Gabbro,Peridotite
Structure: Laterisation Of Intensely Sheared And Faulted Ultrabasic Intrusive
tectonic: Fault Zone
Year first produced: 1974
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1967
References:
  • 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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