Mine detail: Lunnon Shoot - Kambalda

Previously called 'Silver Lake ShaftRed Hill Gold Mine ShaftKambalda - St. Ives'

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -30.64611, 121.66586
dep_id: 10038994
mrds_id: M046496
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel, Copper
Minor mineral: Platinum, Palladium, Cobalt, Gold, Ruthenium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR SHOOT
conc_proc: Separation Of An Immiscible Sulfide Liquid And Crystallization Therefrom
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Basalt-Tholeiitic Pillow Lavas Interpillow Spaces Filled With Sediment Carbonate And Sulfide;Massive Sulfide Ore: 90-96% Sulfides;Matrix Ore: 50-60% Sulfides In Talc. Carbonate, Serpentine, Amphibole Gangue;Ultramafic Rocks: Talc, Chlorite, Tremolite, Serpentine, Altered Olivine-Pyroxenite
hrock_type: Basalt
disc_yr: 1966
References:
  • Deposit:: EWERS AND HUDSON, 1972, ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 67, P. 1075 - 1092
  • Deposit:: WOODALL AND TRAVIS, 1969 COMMONWEALTH MINING METALL. CONG., 9TH, PUB., PROC., V. 2, P. 517 - 533
  • Deposit:: KEAYS, R. R., 1975, SEG PLATINUM SYMPOSIUM
  • Production:: RECORD W002725
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