Mine detail: Scotia Mine, Australia

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-30.19613, 121.26588

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Secondary:	Copper, Cobalt
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	LENS, WEDGE
Discovery year:	1967

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1970

Geology

Host rock:	Metasediments, Ultramafics, Granites, Volcanics
Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Metasedimentary Rock
Associated rock:	Ultramafics, Granites, Volcanics
Associated type:	Tuff,Basalt,Granite
Structure:	Yilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield., Kalgoorlie Greenstone Belt, The Greenstones Are Typically Tightly Foldet On A Nnw Axis And Have Been Metamorphosed To Lower Greenschist Facies.
Alteration processes:	Highly Metamorphosed And Metasomatized

References

MRDS	W029635
DEP	10079597
Reference	{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY VOL. 28 NO 4 (1976)}{Deposit:: CHRISTIE D.: SCOTIA NICKEL SULPHIDE DEPOSIT (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 1. METALS, 1975 P 121)}{Production:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, REVIEW 1972,1973,1974;}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.)