Mine detail: Scotia Mine, Australia

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -30.19613, 121.26588
dep_id: 10079597
mrds_id: W029635
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Minor mineral: Copper, Cobalt
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: LENS, WEDGE
work_type: Underground
alteration: Highly Metamorphosed And Metasomatized
Reporter: Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.)
hrock_unit: Metasediments, Ultramafics, Granites, Volcanics
hrock_type: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Metasedimentary Rock
arock_unit: Ultramafics, Granites, Volcanics
arock_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.
Year first produced: 1970
disc_yr: 1967
discr: John Jones
References:
  • 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;
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