Ruth Well Nickel Prospect

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Gold, PGE
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095418
MRDS ID M047011
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Well Nickel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.99938, -20.69663 (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

  • COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE. NEAR CAPE LAMBERT AND DAMPIER, IN WEST PILBARA GOLDFIED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.99938, -20.69663

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMER. METAL MKT., 8/5/71

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR., 7/71 , P. 144

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOUR., 8/18/72 , P. 126

  • Reserve-Resource

    RECORD W002731

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHIM CREEK CONSOLIDATED, N. L. (PARTIALLY OWNED BY NORTHGATE EXPLORATION LTD.). MUNNI MUNNI PROSPECT?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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