Location: | Western Australia, Australia, Oceania |
Lat / long: | -27.8129, 120.69924 |
dep_id: | 10079601 |
mrds_id: | W029641 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Nickel |
Minor mineral: | Copper |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite |
gangue: | Goethite |
orebody_fm: | THREE ORE SHOOTS ARE DEFINED BY A 1 % NI CUT-OFF GRADE |
alteration: | The Depth Of Supergene Alteration Is Controleed By Electronic Conductivity In The Massive Sulfides And By Groundwater Permeability In The Disseminated Sulfides. |
conc_proc: | The Massive Sulfides Appear To Have Been Remobilized During Faulting From An Original Position At The Ultramafic Contact. |
Reporter: | Saam, Henning G. |
hrock_type: | Dunite,Metasedimentary Rock,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Serpentinite |
arock_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 |
disc_yr: | 1971 |
References: |
- 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)
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