Mine detail: Carr Boyd Rocks, Austrlia

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -30.0628, 121.63253
dep_id: 10079596
mrds_id: W029634
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Minor mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite
gangue: Biotite, Hornblende, Olivine, Plagioclase
Reporter: Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.)
hrock_type: Norite,Troctolite,Anorthosite,Dunite,Harzburgite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
arock_unit: Basic And Acid Extrusive Rocks, Dike Rocks, Plutonic Rocks
arock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Felsic Volcanic Rock,Granite
Structure: Yilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield, A E-N-E Trending Zone Include The Ore Shoots
tectonic: The Orebodies Are Cut By Nnw-Faults
Year first produced: 1973
disc_yr: 1968
discr: Great Boulder Geologist
References:
  • Deposit:: AUSTR. MINER: JAN.1974 P. 14 & AUG. 1973,P.3
  • Deposit:: SCHULTZ K.: CARR-BOYD ROCKS NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS (ECONOMIC GEOL. OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 1.METALS, 1975, P. 125
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-ACTIVITY DIGEST, 10/7/74, P. 8
  • Deposit:: METALS WEEK METALS SOURCEBOOK 7/2/73 ITEM # A3200
  • Deposit:: 5) AMERICAN METAL MARKET 10/25/74
  • Deposit:: 6) SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, 1973, P 280
  • Deposit:: 7) METAL WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK 11/25/74, ITEM # B5214
  • Production:: AUSTR. MIN. INDUSTRY, REVIEW 1973, ,1974,1975;
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