Mine detail: Nairne Pyrite Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.99613, 138.99876

Resource(B)

Primary:	Nickel, Palladium, Copper
Secondary:	Manganese, Graphite, Lead, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Graphite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Kanmantoo
Host type:	Quartzite,Siltstone
Structure:	Tension Gash Veins
Alteration processes:	The Complex Mineralogy Of The Sedimentary Deposit Is A Result Of Amphibolite Facies Metamorphism And Subsequent Slight Alteration. Several Unusual Occurrences Including Alabandite, Graphite, And Native Nickel Suggest Highly Reducing Conditions.

References

MRDS	M047008
DEP	10039353
Reference	GRAHAM, J., 1978 , MANGANOCHROMITE, PALLADIUM ANTIMONIDE, AND UNUSUAL MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS, NAIRNE DEPOSIT, SOUTH AUST.: AMER. MINERALOGIST, VOL. 63 , NOS. 11 AND 12 , P. 1166 - 117
Reporter	Saso, Jerri L.