Mine detail: Lunnon Shoot - Kambalda

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

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Location

Lat / long:

-30.64611, 121.66586

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Secondary:	Platinum, Palladium, Cobalt, Gold, Ruthenium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SHOOT
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	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
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	M046496
DEP	10038994
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.