| Location: | South Australia, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -33.99613, 138.99876 |
| dep_id: | 10039353 |
| mrds_id: | M047008 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Nickel, Palladium, Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Manganese, Graphite, Lead, Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Graphite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| alteration: | 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. |
| ore_ctrl: | Tension Gash Veins Contain Massive Pyrrhotite And A Range Of Sulfosalts. |
| Reporter: | Saso, Jerri L. |
| hrock_unit: | Kanmantoo |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite,Siltstone |
| Structure: | Tension Gash Veins |
| References: |
- 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
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