Western Australia
Prospect

Mount Keith Deposit

Western Australia, Australia
NickelCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC, TRANSGRESSIVE, DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureDYKE INTRUDED ALONG MAJOR FISSURE
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID60000594
MRDS IDISM0217
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-27.39625, 120.53255
References
BURT, D.R.L., AND SHEPPY, N.R., 1975, MOUNT KEITH NICKEL SULPHIDE DEPOSIT, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY -OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASIAN- INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 159-168.BUTT, C.R.M., AND NICKEL, E.H., 1976, MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE WEATHERING OF THE DISSEMINATED NICKEL SUL-FIDE DEPOSIT AT MT. KEITH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOG-Y, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1736-1751.MARSTON, R.J., GROVES, D.I., HUDSON, D.R., AND ROSS, J.R., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA--A R-EVIEW: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1330-1363.MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 14: PERTH, GEOLOGICAL- SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.MT. KEITH A.C.M. PTY. LTD., 1982, ANNUAL REPORT.