Mine detail: Perseverance, Australia

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Location

Lat / long:

-27.8129, 120.69924

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Goethite
Orebody form:	THREE ORE SHOOTS ARE DEFINED BY A 1 % NI CUT-OFF GRADE
Discovery year:	1971

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Dunite,Metasedimentary Rock,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Serpentinite
Associated type:	Dunite,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Serpentinite
Structure:	Yilgarn Archaean Block; Near The 200 Km Long Keith-Kilkenny Lineament, Part Of The Keit-Kilkenny Lineament, Localy The Perseverance Fault
Alteration processes:	The Depth Of Supergene Alteration Is Controleed By Electronic Conductivity In The Massive Sulfides And By Groundwater Permeability In The Disseminated Sulfides.

References

MRDS	W029641
DEP	10079601
Reference	{Deposit:: KNEIGHT, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY VOL. 28. NO. 4}{Deposit:: NICKEL E.H. (1977): SUPERGENE ALTERATION OF THE PERSEVERANCE NICKEL DEPOSITS. (ECOM.GEOL. VOL.72 3/4 1977 NO.2)}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G.