Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryPlatinum, Palladium, Cobalt, Gold, Ruthenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR SHOOT
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chromite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Basalt-Tholeiitic Pillow Lavas Interpillow Spaces Filled With Sediment Carbonate And Sulfide;Massive Sulfide Ore: 90-96% Sulfides;Matrix Ore: 50-60% Sulfides In Talc. Carbonate, Serpentine, Amphibole Gangue;Ultramafic Rocks: Talc, Chlorite, Tremolite, Serpentine, Altered Olivine-Pyroxenite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1966
Identification
Deposit ID10038994
MRDS IDM046496
Alternate namesSilver Lake Shaft, Red Hill Gold Mine Shaft, Kambalda - St. Ives
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-30.64611, 121.66586
References
EWERS AND HUDSON, 1972, ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 67, P. 1075 - 1092WOODALL AND TRAVIS, 1969 COMMONWEALTH MINING METALL. CONG., 9TH, PUB., PROC., V. 2, P. 517 - 533KEAYS, R. R., 1975, SEG PLATINUM SYMPOSIUMRECORD W002725