Mine detail: Perseverance, Australia

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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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