Western Australia
Past Producer

Scotia Mine, Australia

Western Australia, Australia
NickelCopperCobaltIron
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Description

John Jones

Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCopper, Cobalt
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS, WEDGE
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock,Metasedimentary Rock · Metasediments, Ultramafics, Granites, Volcanics
Associated rockTuff,Basalt,Granite · Ultramafics, Granites, Volcanics
StructureYilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield., Kalgoorlie Greenstone Belt, The Greenstones Are Typically Tightly Foldet On A Nnw Axis And Have Been Metamorphosed To Lower Greenschist Facies.
AlterationHighly Metamorphosed And Metasomatized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1970
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10079597
MRDS IDW029635
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-30.19613, 121.26588
References
AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY VOL. 28 NO 4 (1976)CHRISTIE D.: SCOTIA NICKEL SULPHIDE DEPOSIT (ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 1. METALS, 1975 P 121)AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, REVIEW 1972,1973,1974;