Mine detail: Agnew Mine

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Location:	Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-27.8129, 120.69924
dep_id:	10069212
mrds_id:	W002717
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel
Minor mineral:	Copper, Cobalt
Trace mineral:	PGE
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm:	EN ECHELON SHOOTS
model:	12: Dunitic Ni-Cu
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L., Foose, Michael P., Blair, Will, Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type:	Dunite
arock_type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	In Wiluna - Norseman Trend
tectonic:	Archean Greenstone Belt, Yilgarn Block
References:	Deposit:: METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK 9/30/74 ITEM # B4401 Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR. 8/73 P. 144 Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR. 6/73 P. 282 Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR. 9/72, P. 270. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR. 6/72, P. 324. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR. 5/72, P. 174. Deposit:: AM. MET. MKT., 4/28/72. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 3/72. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 9/71. Deposit:: AM. MET. MKT., 2/10/71. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 7/72, P. 91. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1977, AGNEW NICKEL: MAY, 1977, P. 37. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1975, JANUARY, P. 5. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, FEBRUARY, P. 22. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, JANUARY, P. 24. Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1974, MINERAL TRADE NOTES: U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR 11/74, P. 13. Deposit:: THE MINING JOURNAL, 1974: JULY 12, P. 36. Deposit:: THE MINING JOURNAL, 1975, SEPTEMBER 26, P. 233. Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, 1974, OCTOBER, P. 30. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1989, P. 47. Other Database:: ISMI