Carnilya Hill Mine

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024496
MRDS ID ISM0216
Record type Site
Current site name Carnilya Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Carnilya Hill Nickel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.78252, -31.02942 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Carnilya Hill Ultramafics
    Rock description Carnilya Hill Ultramafics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.78252, -31.02942

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977
Year of first production 1980
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name East Coolgardie District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Mining Corp., Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining Corp., Ltd. (56%); 44% The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 7000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 4 wt-pct Nickel Major 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Pratt C Roger Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.