Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel, Platinum, Palladium, Cobalt, Silver, Gold, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, ULTRAMAFIC, STRATIFORM, MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureSTRUCTURAL EMBAYMENTS AT BASE OF ULTRAMAFIC LAVA FLOW ALONG CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING BASALT
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1972
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID60000614
MRDS IDISM0267
Alternate namesWroth, Loreto, Ken, Mcmahon Complex, Gellatly, Gordon
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-31.16549, 121.62979
References
GRESHAM, J.J., AND LOFTUS-HILLS, C.D., 1981, THE GEOLOGY OF THE KAMBALDA NICKEL FIELD, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ECONOMI-C GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1373-1416.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.ROSS, J.R., AND HOPKINS, G.M.F., 1975, KAMBALDA NICKEL SULPHIDE DEPOSITS, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY O-F AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASIAN -INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 100-121.MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL R-ESOURCES BULLETIN 14.WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS.