Honeymoon Well

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Nickel
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304789
MAS/MILS ID 6020552019
Record type Site
Current site name Honeymoon Well

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 120.19926, -26.61299 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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

  • LOCATED SOUTH OF LAKEWAY, NEAR WILUNA, WA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 120.19926, -26.61299

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cra Exploration Pty Ltd.
    Interest 65
    Home office Australia
    Year 1993
    First year 1993
  • Type Owner
    Owner Outokumpu Australia Pty Ltd.
    Interest 35
    Home office Australia
    Year 1993
    First year 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
  • EXPECTED TO COME ON LINE IN 1997 AT 39,000 MT/YR NICKEL SOME QUESTION AS TO START-UP DATE BEING TOO OPTIMISTIC (NICKEL NEW 6/24/95)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, MAY 7, 1993, P-328.

  • Reserve-Resource

    "INCREASED RESOURCE AT HONEYMOON WELL", MINING JOURNAL,

  • Reserve-Resource

    LONDON, MAY 7, 1993, P. 328.

  • Deposit

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1991/92, PP. 164.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-95 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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