Carr Boyd Rocks

Past Producer in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Palladium, Gold, Iridium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039182
MRDS ID M046740
Record type Site
Current site name Carr Boyd Rocks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.6992, -29.99613 (WGS84)
Relative position 130 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
Gold Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Millerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result PD = 145 PPB, AU = 304 PPB, IR = 24.7 PPB, CU = 26,500 PPM, NI = 1.53

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.6992, -29.99613

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: YILGARN BLOCK PRE CAMB. SHIELD, W. AUST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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