Description
Ken Shirley, Poseidon Ltd. Unided Oil Development Corporation Australia Hana Ltd. Home Stake Iron Ore Company Poseidon Ltd.
Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
TertiaryIron, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formGOSSAN, LENS
Ore controlKomatite Magmas Emplaced In Archean Greenstone Belts
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock,Metasedimentary Rock,Iron Formation · Ultramafics, Metasediments, Granites, Gneisses
Associated rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss,Granite · Granites, Granites Gneisses Ultramafics
StructureYilgarn Block Of The Western Australien Shield. Large N-S Anticline. Perhaps A Domal Structure. . Large N-S Anticline. Perhaps A Domal Structure., Footwall Contact To The Mt.Windarra Banded Iron Formation
Tectonic settingDrag Fold Between Granite And Granite Gneiss And Metabasalt . In Archean Greenstone Belt. . In Archean Greenstone Belt.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1974
Discovery year1969
Identification
Deposit ID10079594
MRDS IDW029631
Alternate namesNorth Operations
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-28.49621, 122.16587
References
E/MJ FEBR. 1974 P.21AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, VOL. 28 NO.4 (1976)E/MJ FEBR. 1975, P. 53, (DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT IN DETAIL.)G7 TO G10) AUSTRALIAN MINERALS INDUSTRY, REVIEW 1975; D1) KIPPENBERGER 1977;METALS SOURCEBOOK V. 2, NO. 4