Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockDunite · Perseverance Ultramafic Intrusion
StructureStructural Embayments At Basal Contact Of Ultramafic Intrusion With Metasediments; Also Disseminated Within Intrus-Ion.
Tectonic settingArch Greenstone Belt
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1978
Last production1982
Discovery year1971
Identification
Deposit ID10024498
MRDS IDISM0218
Alternate namesPerseverance Deposit
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.8129, 120.69924
References
MARTIN, J.E., AND ALLCHURCH, P.D., 1975, PERSEVERANCE NICKEL DEPOSIT, AGNEW, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOG-Y OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASI-AN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 149-155-.MARSTON, R.J., GROVES, D.I, HUDSON, D.R., AND ROSS, J.R., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA--A RE-VIEW: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1330-1363.MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 14: PERTH, GEOLOGICAL- SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.SELTRUST HOLDINGS LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS.WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINES DEPT. RETURNS.PA1-PA4: RF4, RF5 PC1-PC4: RF4, RF5