Mine detail: Carr Boyd Rocks, Austrlia

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-30.0628, 121.63253

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Hornblende, Olivine, Plagioclase
Discovery year:	1968

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1973

Geology

Host type:	Norite,Troctolite,Anorthosite,Dunite,Harzburgite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated rock:	Basic And Acid Extrusive Rocks, Dike Rocks, Plutonic Rocks
Associated 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

References

MRDS	W029634
DEP	10079596
Reference	{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;}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.)