Description
Metals Exploration Ltd.
Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCobalt, Copper
TertiaryIron, Palladium, Iridium, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model11: Komatiitic Ni-Cu
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlArchaen "Greenstone Belt". Orebodies Mainly In Contact Zones Of Ultramafics And Amphibolites
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cubanite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockAmphibolite
Associated rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock
StructureSee Comments, Faults, Isoclinal Folding Of The Amphibolites And The Metasediments
Tectonic settingNepean Is Located In An Archean High Grade Metamorphic Belt.
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1970
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10079598
MRDS IDW029636
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-31.16276, 121.08254
References
KNIGHT C.L.: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA (1975) P. 91-98AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRIE VOL. 28 NO. 4 P. 104WORLD MINING 23/9-70 P.89KEAYS, R.R., AND DAVISON, R.M., 1976, PD, IR, AND AU IN NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, P. 1214-1228.TRAVIS AND OTHERS, 1976, EVALUATION OF PD AND IR IN NICKEL GOSSANS, W. AUSTRALIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 71, P. 1229-1243.AUSTR. MINERAL INDUSTRY REVIEW 1974, 1972, 1975WM 7/72 P. 80