Mine detail: Agnew Mine

Previously called 'Perseverance Deposit'

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -27.8129, 120.69924
dep_id: 10024498
mrds_id: ISM0218
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Mock Colleen M
hrock_unit: Perseverance Ultramafic Intrusion
hrock_type: Dunite
Structure: Structural Embayments At Basal Contact Of Ultramafic Intrusion With Metasediments; Also Disseminated Within Intrus-Ion.
tectonic: Arch Greenstone Belt
Year first produced: 1978
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1982
disc_yr: 1971
References:
  • Deposit:: MARTIN, J.E., AND ALLCHURCH, P.D., 1975, PERSEVERANCE NICKEL DEPOSIT, AGNEW, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOG-Y OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASI-AN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 149-155-.
  • Deposit:: MARSTON, R.J., GROVES, D.I, HUDSON, D.R., AND ROSS, J.R., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA--A RE-VIEW: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1330-1363.
  • Deposit:: MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 14: PERTH, GEOLOGICAL- SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
  • Deposit:: SELTRUST HOLDINGS LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS.
  • Deposit:: WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINES DEPT. RETURNS.
  • Production:: PA1-PA4: RF4, RF5 PC1-PC4: RF4, RF5
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