Western Australia
Plant

Kambalda St. Ives

Western Australia, Australia
NickelCopperCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCopper, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsMagnesite, Marcasite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1967
Discovery year1947
Identification
Deposit ID10158713
Alternate namesSt. Ives, Kambalda and St. Ives Nickel. Op.Kambalda
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-31.19609, 121.66919
References
WESTERN MINING CORP. LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1975, P. 6-8E/M.J. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1975, P. 210MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1976, SKINNER, WALTER, R. PUBBY THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD. P 586E/M.J., NOV. 19-- NICKEL AT KAMBALDA - CATALYST FOR A CONTIN130-131EWERS, W.E. AND HUDSON, D.R., 1972, AN INTERPRETIVE STUDY OFIRON SULFIDE ORE INTERSECTION, LUNNON SHOOT, KAMBALDA, WESTERALIA, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 67, PP. 1075-1092KEELE, R. A. AND NICKEL, E.N. 1974, THE GEOLOGY OF A PRIMARYITE-BEARING SULPHIDE ASSEMBLAGE AND SUPERGENE ALTERATION ATTER SNOOT, KAMBALDA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 6902-1117.NICKEL, E.H., ROSS, J.R. AND THORNBER, M.R., 1974, THE SUPERTERATION OF PYRRHOTITE - PENTLANDITE ORE AT KAMBALDA, WESTERALIA, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 69, P. 93-107E/MJ, NOV. 1970, KAMBALDA - START OF A NEW NICKEL ERA, P. 1567, 1972. PP.1075-1091.NICKEL, E.H., ROSS, J.R., AND THORNER, M.R. "THE SUPERGENEALTERATION OF PYRRHOTITE-PENTLANDITE ORE AT KAMBALDAWESTERN AUSTRALIA." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. VOL.69. 1974PP.93-107.KEELE, R.A. AND NICKEL, E.H. "THE GEOLOGY OF A PRIMARYMILLERITE-BEARING SULFIDE ASSEMBLAGE AND SUPERGENEALTERNATION AT THE OTTER SHOOT, KAMBALDA, WESTERNAUSTRALIA." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. VOLUME 69. 1974. PP.1102-NICKEL, E.H., WOODALL, R. AND TRAVIS, G.A. MINING IN WESTERNAUSTRALIAN. R.T. PENDER,ED. UNIVERSITY OF WESTERNAUSTRALIA PRESS. 1979. P.87.ROSS, J.R. AND G.H.F. HOPKINS, "KAMBALDA NICKEL SULFIDEDEPOSITS." ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEWGUINEA. VOL.1. 1975. P.101.THE KAMBALDA NICKEL DEPOSITS GEOLOGY SETTING. ISSUED BYTHE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. NOV. 1979.THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF AUSTRALIA 1966-77.WESTERN MINING CORPORATION HOLDINGS LIMITED; ANNUAL REPORT1980.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MINERALS YEARBOOK. 1965-77.NICKDATA, INC. A COMPREHENSIVE NICKEL INDUSTRY COST DATABASEAND COSTING PROGRAM. 1991. ILMAR J. MARTENS,THOMAS F. TORRIES.CRU-QUARTERLY MARKET SERVICE. NICKEL. APRIL, 1991.AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,P. 40.