Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockGabbro,Peridotite · Greenvale Serpentinite;Boiler Gully Complex
StructureLaterisation Of Intensely Sheared And Faulted Ultrabasic Intrusive
Tectonic settingFault Zone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Last production1982
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10024495
MRDS IDISM0215
Alternate namesGreenvale Nickel Mine
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-18.91356, 144.98213
References
FLETCHER, K., AND COUPER, J., 1975, GREENVALE NICKEL LATERITE, NORTH QUEENSLAND, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GE-OLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRA-LASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 995--1001.BURGER, P. A., 1979, THE GREENVALE NICKEL LATERITE OREBODY, IN EVANS, D. J. I., SHOEMAKER, R.S., AND VELTMA, H., E-DS., INTERNATIONAL LATERITE SYMPOSIUM: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INST-ITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 24--37.METALS EXPLORATION LTD., 1975-1981, ANNUAL REPORTS (GREENVALE NICKEL PROJECT)QUEENSLAND NICKEL PTY. LTD., THE GREENVALE NICKEL PROJECT.PA1-PA2: RF3, 1977-1981. PC1-PC2: RF3, 1975-1981.