Western Australia
Occurrence

Perseverance, Australia

Western Australia, Australia
NickelCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTHREE ORE SHOOTS ARE DEFINED BY A 1 % NI CUT-OFF GRADE
Materials
Ore mineralsPentlandite, Pyrrhotite
GangueGoethite
Geology
Host rockDunite,Metasedimentary Rock,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Serpentinite
Associated rockDunite,Gneiss,Amphibolite,Serpentinite
StructureYilgarn Archaean Block; Near The 200 Km Long Keith-Kilkenny Lineament, Part Of The Keit-Kilkenny Lineament, Localy The Perseverance Fault
AlterationThe Depth Of Supergene Alteration Is Controleed By Electronic Conductivity In The Massive Sulfides And By Groundwater Permeability In The Disseminated Sulfides.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1971
Identification
Deposit ID10079601
MRDS IDW029641
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.8129, 120.69924
References
KNEIGHT, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEAAUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY VOL. 28. NO. 4NICKEL E.H. (1977): SUPERGENE ALTERATION OF THE PERSEVERANCE NICKEL DEPOSITS. (ECOM.GEOL. VOL.72 3/4 1977 NO.2)