Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, ULTRAMAFIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureSTRUCTURAL EMBAYMENTS AT BASE OF SHALLOW SUB-VOLCANIC SILL; SILL BOUNDARY MARKED BY BIF INTERCALATION.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Discovery year1969
Identification
Deposit ID60000595
MRDS IDISM0219
Alternate namesMount Windarra, South Windarra Mines
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-28.47951, 122.2325
References
ROBERTS, J.B., 1975, WINDARRA NICKEL DEPOSITS, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW G-UINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MET-ALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 129-143.MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 14: PERTH, GEOLOGICAL- SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.WESTERN MINING CORP. LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINES DEPT., RETURNS.