Mine detail: Juan Mine (Kambalda Deposit Group)

Previously called 'Juan B.Juan HorstJuan BananaDurkin DeepsJuan WestJuan ComplexOtter Juan'

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.15579, 121.64089

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Sulfur, Nickel, Silver, Cobalt
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	MAGMATIC, ULTRAMAFIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1969

Geology

Structure:

STRUCTURAL EMBAYMENTS AT BASE OF ULTRAMAFIC LAVA FLOW ALONG CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING BASALT

References

MRDS	ISM0262
DEP	60000609
Reference	{Deposit:: GRESHAM, J.J., AND LOFTUS-HILLS, C.D., 1981, THE GEOLOGY OF THE KAMBALDA NICKEL FIELD, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ECONOMI-C GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1373-1416.}{Deposit:: MARSTON, R.J., GROVES, D.I., HUDSON, D.R., AND ROSS, J.R., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA--A R-EVIEW: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1330-1363.}{Deposit:: ROSS, J.R., AND HOPKINS, G.M.F., 1975, KAMBALDA NICKEL SULPHIDE DEPOSITS, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY O-F AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASIAN -INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 100-121.}{Deposit:: MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL R-ESOURCES BULLETIN 14.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS. (PA1-PA6, PC1-PC3, RR1)}
Reporter	ELLIOTT, BRIAN G.