Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody form"VEIN", DISSEMINATED
Ore controlThe Redross Mineralization Is On The Basal Contact Of The Redross Ultrabasic Which Lies Between Two Metabasalt Units
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock,Amphibolite,Basalt,Granite · Amphibolite, Ultrabsite, Basalt
Associated rockUltramafic Intrusive Rock,Basalt,Granite · Ultrabasite, Basalt
StructureYilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield . Deposit Is On The Southeast Margin Of Broad Regional Domal Structure. Mineralization Occurs On The Basal Contact Of A Narrow (100 M) Talc-Carbonate Altered Peridotite Which Lies Between Two Metabasalt Units. . Deposit Is On The Southeast Margin Of Broad Regional Domal Structure. Mineralization Occurs On The Basal Contact Of A Narrow (100 M) Talc-Carbonate Altered Peridotite Which Lies Between Two Metabasalt Units., The Metabasalts Indicate That They Are Submarine Flows With Associated Chert, Black Shale And Tuffaceous Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1973
Discovery year1966
Identification
Deposit ID10079600
MRDS IDW029639
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-31.5794, 121.06587
References
AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, REVIEW (1974)DALGARNO,C.R.:NICKEL DEPOSITS OF THE WIDGIEMOOLTHA DOME, WANNAWAY, WIDGIEMOOLTHA, DORDIEE/MJ 7-75 P.153AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, REVIEW 1974,1975