Mine detail: Mcmahon Mine (Kambalda Deposit Group)

Previously called 'LoretoWrothGordonGellatlyKenMcmahon Complex'

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Location

Lat / long: -31.16549, 121.62979

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Palladium, Cobalt, Silver, Gold, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1968

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, ULTRAMAFIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1972

Geology

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

References

MRDSISM0267
DEP60000614
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 MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL R-ESOURCES BULLETIN 14.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS.}
ReporterELLIOTT, BRIAN G.