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Lunnon Shoot - Kambalda

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Cobalt, Gold, Ruthenium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038994
MRDS ID M046496
Record type Site
Current site name Lunnon Shoot - Kambalda
Alternate or previous names Silver Lake Shaft, Red Hill Gold Mine Shaft, Kambalda - St. Ives

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.66586, -30.64611 (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
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result EWERS AND HUDSON GIVE NI, CU, CO, FE, S ANALYSES 9 1/2 METERS: AVERAGE ORE
Result CU = 0.87%, CO = 0.20%, NI = 9.37%, FE = 50.65%, S = 39.01%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt-Tholeiitic Pillow Lavas Interpillow Spaces Filled With Sediment Carbonate And Sulfide;Massive Sulfide Ore: 90-96% Sulfides;Matrix Ore: 50-60% Sulfides In Talc. Carbonate, Serpentine, Amphibole Gangue;Ultramafic Rocks: Talc, Chlorite, Tremolite, Serpentine, Altered Olivine-Pyroxenite
    Rock description Basalt-Tholeiitic Pillow Lavas Interpillow Spaces Filled With Sediment Carbonate And Sulfide;Massive Sulfide Ore: 90-96% Sulfides;Matrix Ore: 50-60% Sulfides In Talc. Carbonate, Serpentine, Amphibole Gangue;Ultramafic Rocks: Talc, Chlorite, Tremolite, Se
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.66586, -30.64611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SHOOT
    Plunge SE
    Length 487.68M
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Mining Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PT = PGM TOTAL

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 100000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 3.5 wt-pct Nickel Major 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Demonstrated 241000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 3.24 wt-pct Nickel Major 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH AND WIDTH MEASURED FROM MAP FOR WHOLE SHOOT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EWERS AND HUDSON, 1972, ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 67, P. 1075 - 1092

  • Deposit

    WOODALL AND TRAVIS, 1969 COMMONWEALTH MINING METALL. CONG., 9TH, PUB., PROC., V. 2, P. 517 - 533

  • Deposit

    KEAYS, R. R., 1975, SEG PLATINUM SYMPOSIUM

  • Production

    RECORD W002725

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER SHOOTS IN SAME AREA THAT MAYBE PGM BEARING: FISHER SHOOTS, MCMAHON SHOOT, GELLATLY SHOOT, OTTER SHOOT, JUAN SHOOT, DURKIN SHOOTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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