Mine detail: Greenvale

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Location:	Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-18.91356, 144.98213
dep_id:	10079604
mrds_id:	W029643
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Nickel, Cobalt
Minor mineral:	Copper, Chromium
Trace mineral:	PGE, Zinc, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Goethite
orebody_fm:	BLANKET
work_type:	Surface
model:	110: Lateritic Ni
alteration:	Serpentinization, Lateritization
conc_proc:	Weathering Near Surface
ore_ctrl:	Zone Of Nickel Enrichment Has An Average Thickness Of 8 M, With Local Development To 20 M. It Lies Under A Cover Of About 6 M Of Ferruginous Overburden Containing Less Than 1% Ni.
Reporter:	Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Saso, Jerri L.
hrock_unit:	Greenvale Serpentinite;Boiler Gully Complex
hrock_type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Burdekin River Fault Zone
Year first produced:	1974
disc_yr:	1967
discr:	Bureau Of Min. Recources And Queensland Geological Survey
References:	Deposit:: AUSTR. MINING, OCT. 1975, THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN LATERITIC NICKEL MINE Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE 7.75.P.9. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE 12.73.P.504 Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F; CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987) Deposit:: FLETCHER AND COUPER, 1975, AUSTRALASIAN INST. OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 5, P. 995-1001. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR, 5/74, P. 37 Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 4/74, P. 164. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 6/73, P. 281. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 1/73. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 2/75, P. 127. Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 1/72, P. 87. Deposit:: METALS WEEK SOURCEBOOK, 1/27/75. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1975, FEBRUARY, P. 127. Deposit:: WYCHE, CHARLIE, 1972, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF AUSTRALIA: PREPRINT FOR 1972 BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 16. Deposit:: SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1973-1974: LONDON, FINANCIAL TIMES, P. 225, 255. Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS, 1973, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, NICKEL DEPOSITS; COMPILED BY J.A. INGRAM. Other Database:: ISMI Production:: D1-D4) AUSTR. MIN. IND., REVIEW 1975; D5) MINER, JUNE 14, 1976;