| Location: | Western Australia, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -28.49621, 122.16587 |
| dep_id: | 10039356 |
| mrds_id: | M047012 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Nickel |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Chromium, Iron |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite |
| orebody_fm: | LENSE |
| alteration: | Violarite - Supergene Alteration |
| conc_proc: | Gravity Separation Of Immiscible Sulfides. |
| ore_ctrl: | Basal Zone Of Ultramafics Near Contact With Iron Formation. |
| Reporter: | Saso, Jerri L. |
| hrock_unit: | Iron Formation; |
| hrock_type: | Greenstone |
| arock_type: | Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Komatiite (Ultramafite) |
| Structure: | South Plunging Anticline, The Footwall Of Ore Is Formed By The Banded Ironstone Formation (See Description For Windarra North). Ore Lenses Occur Over An East-West Strike Length Of 1280 M. And Dip To The South At 40 To 45 Deg. The High-Grade Ore Lenses Are More Discontinuous Than At Mount Windarra North And Intrusive Basic And Acidic Rocks Have A More Profound Effect On The Ore Zone. |
| tectonic: | In Wiluna-Norseman Greenstone Belt |
| disc_yr: | 1970 |
| prod_yrs: | 1984-1986 |
| discr: | Union-Hanna-Homestake Group |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 2/74, P. 21.
- Deposit:: AMER. MET. MKT., 12/12/72.
- Deposit:: SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INT. YRBK.: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 471.
- Deposit:: ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 2/75, P. 53 (DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT).
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY, 1986, P. 16.
- Production:: RECORD W002722
- Reserve-Resource:: WOODAL, R., 1974 , NICKEL RESOURCES IN AUST.: UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT. PGM CALCULATED FROM KEAYES DATA GIVEN FOR MT. WINDARRA - SEE MT. WINDARRA NORTH OPERATIONS RECORD
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