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Black Swan

Past Producer in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Palladium, Iridium, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039181
MRDS ID M046738
Record type Site
Current site name Black Swan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.79919, -30.49612 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 KM NE OF COOLGARDIE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result PD = 158 PPB, AU = 14.7 PPB, IR = 17.8 PPB, CU = 513 PPM, NI = 1.54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.79919, -30.49612
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: YILGARN BLOCK OF PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD, W. AUST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yilgarn Block

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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