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Spargoville, Australia

Past Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079599
MRDS ID W029637
Record type Site
Current site name Spargoville, Australia
Alternate or previous names Location 2 & 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.49919, -31.32941 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 65 KM S OF KALGOORLIE, ABOUT 24 KM SW OF KAMBALDA

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 Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Supergene Alteration Between 70 M And 120 M

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Dunite, Porphyry, Ultramafics
    Rock description Dunite, Porphyry, Ultramafics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Amphibolite, Porphyry, Dunite, Metasediments
    Rock description Amphibolite, Porphyry, Dunite, Metasediments
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.49919, -31.32941
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Yilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield. The Mineralized Belt Of Ultrafafics Consists Of Three Separate Orebodies

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE, LENS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 70 DEG.W
    Thickness 26M
    Length 320M
    Width 150M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE YILGARN BLOCK COMPRISES ABOUT 600000 KM2 OF ARCHAEAN GRANITE AND GRANITE GNEISS AND ENCLOSE BELTS OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS AND VOLCANICS. THIS BELTS TREND NORTH-NORTHWEST AND ARE KNOWN LOCALLY AS "GREENSTONE BETS". THIS BELTS CONSIST MAINLY ALTERED BASALTIC LAWAS, AND CONTAIN ALTERED INTRUSIVE AND EXTRUSIVE ULTRAMAFICS IN WHICH THE NICKEL DEPOSITS OCCUR. FRAGMENTAL VOLCANICS, CHEMICALLY DEPOSITED BANDED IRON FORMATIONS AND JASPILITES, CLASTIC SEDIMENTS, AND ACID VOLCANICS FORM SUBORDINATE UNITS IN THE BELTS. BETWEEN 70 M AND 120M FROM SURFACE PENTLANDITE-PYRRHOTITE HAS UNDERGONE SUPERGENE ALTERATION TO VIOLARITE-PYRITE. ABOVE 70 M THE SULFIDE MINERALS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE OXIDIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1966
Discoverer Australian Selection (Pty)
Year of first production 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Selcast Exploration Ltd.(Selection Trust Group)

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Period To 1976
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.71 % Nickel
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Nickel Nickel 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINE IS ESPECTED TO HAVE A FOUR YEAR LIFE AT THE DESIGNED RATE OF MINING 160,000 TPY OF ORE AND ABOUT 4,000 TPYNICKEL IN CONCENTRATES WILL BE PRODUCED.THE CONCENTRATE PRODUCED, GRAIDS ABOUT 13 % NICKEL AND WILL BE SOLD TO THE WESTERN MINING CORPORATION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 65000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.8 wt-pct Nickel Major 1975
    Copper Cu 0.15 wt-pct Copper Minor 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1) SPARGOVILLE LOCATION NO. 2

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 388M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE COMPANY DEVELOPED THE OREBODY IN 4 LEVELS FROM A SHAFT 388 M DEEP AT A TOTAL COST OF $ 7.8 MILLION (INCLUDING $ 700000 FOR HOUSING)

Comments on development

  • THE MINE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A 4 YEAR LIFE.AT THE DESIGNED RATE OF MINING 160000 TPY OF ORE AND ABOUT 4000 TPY NI IN CONCENTRATES WILL BE PRODUCED. GRADE OF CONCENTRATES PRODUCED ABOUT 13 % NI AND WILL BE SOLD TO THE WESTERN MINING CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINE, SEPT. 23,1971

  • Deposit

    M.B., MARCH 31, 1974 P. 27

  • Deposit

    ANDREWS P.B.: SPARGOVILLE NICKEL DEPOSITS. (ECON. GEOL. 1975)

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY VOL. 28 NO. 4, 1976

  • Production

    AUSTR. MIN. IND. REVIEW;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SELCAST EXPLORATION LTD. IS OWNED 83.2 % BY SELECTION TRUST LTD. AND CONSOLIDATED AFRICAN SELECTION TRUST LTD. THREE MINERALIZED LOCALITIES HAVE BEEN EXPLORED (LOCATIONS 1,2,3). U/G EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE AT LOCATIONS 1 AND 2 WHICH ARE WITHIN 1250 M OF EACH OTHER. E/MJ MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST REPORTS 1975 LAST QUARTER ENDING 12/31/75, SHIPPED 16,000 METRIC TONS ORE YIELDING 2025 MET TONS CONCENTRATE WITH AVG. 16.08 % NI. EXPENDITURES FOR THIS QUARTER WAS $383,053 ON DEVELOPMENT AND $23,989 ON EXPLORATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Saam, Henning G. (Shaffer, Glenn L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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