Mine detail: Spargoville, Australia

Previously called 'Location 2 & 3'

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.32941, 121.49919

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	WEDGE, LENS
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1975

Geology

Host rock:	Amphibolite, Porphyry, Dunite, Metasediments
Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Dunite,Metasedimentary Rock,Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Dunite, Porphyry, Ultramafics
Associated type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Dunite
Structure:	Yilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield. The Mineralized Belt Of Ultrafafics Consists Of Three Separate Orebodies
Tectonic:	Faults, Shear Zones
Alteration processes:	Supergene Alteration Between 70 M And 120 M

References

MRDS	W029637
DEP	10079599
Reference	{Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINE, SEPT. 23,1971}{Deposit:: M.B., MARCH 31, 1974 P. 27}{Deposit:: ANDREWS P.B.: SPARGOVILLE NICKEL DEPOSITS. (ECON. GEOL. 1975)}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY VOL. 28 NO. 4, 1976}{Production:: AUSTR. MIN. IND. REVIEW;}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.)