Fieldings Gully

Prospect in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Chromium, Zinc, Palladium, Iridium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10097128
MRDS ID M046785
Record type Site
Current site name Fieldings Gully

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 120.49928, -21.49659 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 250 KM SE OF PORT HEDLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS DEPOSIT OF NO ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Schists

Analytical data

Result NICKEL GOSSAN : PD = 6.4 PPB, IR = 1 PPB, AU = 106 PPB, NI = 10460 PPM, CU = 160,000 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 120.49928, -21.49659

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN-TYPE ARSENICAL MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilbara Craton

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAVIS, KEAYS AND DAVISON, 1976 , EVALUATION OF PD AND IR IN NICKEL GOSSANS, W. AUST. : ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , N.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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