Mine detail: Agnew Mine

Previously called 'Perseverance Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: -27.8129, 120.69924

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt
Discovery year: 1971

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1978
Last production ended: 1982

Geology

Host rock:Perseverance Ultramafic Intrusion
Host type:Dunite
Structure:Structural Embayments At Basal Contact Of Ultramafic Intrusion With Metasediments; Also Disseminated Within Intrus-Ion.
Tectonic:Arch Greenstone Belt

References

MRDSISM0218
DEP10024498
Reference{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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