Mine detail: Greenvale

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -18.91356, 144.98213

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Cobalt
Secondary: Copper, Chromium
Tertiary: PGE, Zinc, Iron
Ore: Goethite
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1967

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1974

Geology

Host rock:Greenvale Serpentinite;Boiler Gully Complex
Host type:Peridotite
Structure:Burdekin River Fault Zone
Alteration processes:Serpentinization, Lateritization

References

MRDSW029643
DEP10079604
Reference{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;}
ReporterSaam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.), Saso, Jerri L.