Mine detail: Sherlock Bay, Australia

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -20.79662, 117.54936
dep_id: 10079592
mrds_id: W029628
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Iron, Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Quartz, Stilpnomelane
Reporter: Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.)
hrock_type: Gabbro,Gneiss,Rhyolite,Andesite,Basalt,Granite
Structure: Pilbara Archaean Block
References:
  • Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, VOL. 28 NO. 4 (1976) P.108
  • Deposit:: MILLER L.J.& SMITH M.E.: SHERLOCK BAY NICKEL-COPPER (ECON. GEOL. OF AUSTRALIA...1975 (1976 B 849)
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