Wingellina-Daisy Bates Nickel Field-Australia

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069215
MRDS ID W002726
Record type Site
Current site name Wingellina-Daisy Bates Nickel Field-Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 129.03239, -26.06304 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE JUNCTION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AND NORTHERN TERRITORY BOUNDARIES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 129.03239, -26.06304

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inco Ltd.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. MINING JOUR., 8/72, P. 152

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 8/12/74, ITEM # B3850

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P. 471

  • Deposit

    ENG. MINING JOUR., 10/68, P. 73-84

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, VOL. 28, NO. 4 (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LIMONITE NI DEPOSIT WAS FORMED IN THE LIMONITE-RICH LAYER OF SOIL ABOVE THE WEATHERED ULTRABASIC ROCK.
Deposit POSEIDON'S WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY-SAMIN LTD. IS UNDERTAKING A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH NICKEL MINES OF AUSTRALIA (NMA).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. (Saam, H. G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.