| Location: | Western Australia, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -31.32941, 121.49919 |
| dep_id: | 10079599 |
| mrds_id: | W029637 |
| 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, Pyrrhotite |
| orebody_fm: | WEDGE, LENS |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| alteration: | Supergene Alteration Between 70 M And 120 M |
| conc_proc: | Subsequent Movements, Associated The Porphyry Intrusives, Caused Remobilization Of Some Of The Sulfides Into Fractures In The Wallrocks And The Porphyries. |
| Reporter: | Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.) |
| hrock_unit: | Amphibolite, Porphyry, Dunite, Metasediments |
| hrock_type: | Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Dunite,Metasedimentary Rock,Amphibolite |
| arock_unit: | Dunite, Porphyry, Ultramafics |
| arock_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 |
| Year first produced: | 1975 |
| disc_yr: | 1966 |
| discr: | Australian Selection (Pty) |
| References: |
- 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;
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