Mine detail: Mt.Windarra, Australia

Previously called 'North Operations'

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Location

Lat / long:

-28.49621, 122.16587

Resource(B)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Tertiary:	Iron, Sulfur
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	GOSSAN, LENS
Discovery year:	1969

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1974

Geology

Host rock:	Ultramafics, Metasediments, Granites, Gneisses
Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Metasedimentary Rock,Iron Formation
Associated rock:	Granites, Granites Gneisses Ultramafics
Associated type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	Yilgarn Block Of The Western Australien Shield. Large N-S Anticline. Perhaps A Domal Structure. . Large N-S Anticline. Perhaps A Domal Structure., Footwall Contact To The Mt.Windarra Banded Iron Formation
Tectonic:	Drag Fold Between Granite And Granite Gneiss And Metabasalt . In Archean Greenstone Belt. . In Archean Greenstone Belt.

References

MRDS	W029631
DEP	10079594
Reference	{Deposit:: E/MJ FEBR. 1974 P.21}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, VOL. 28 NO.4 (1976)}{Deposit:: E/MJ FEBR. 1975, P. 53, (DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT IN DETAIL.)}{Production:: G7 TO G10) AUSTRALIAN MINERALS INDUSTRY, REVIEW 1975; D1) KIPPENBERGER 1977;}{Reserve-Resource:: METALS SOURCEBOOK V. 2, NO. 4}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G.