Mine detail: Agnew Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -27.8129, 120.69924

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Copper, Cobalt
Tertiary: PGE
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: EN ECHELON SHOOTS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Dunite
Associated type:Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:In Wiluna - Norseman Trend
Tectonic:Archean Greenstone Belt, Yilgarn Block

References

MRDSW002717
DEP10069212
Reference{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}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L., Foose, Michael P., Blair, Will, Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.