Mount Keith Deposit

Prospect 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. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000594
MRDS ID ISM0217
Record type District
Current site name Mount Keith Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 120.53255, -27.39625 (WGS84)

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
Cobalt Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 120.53255, -27.39625

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description DYKE INTRUDED ALONG MAJOR FISSURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1968

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MT. KEITH A.C.M. PTY. LTD.
    Interest 50
    Home office PERTH, WA, AUSTRALIA
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner FREEPORT WESTERN AUSTRALIA NICKEL CO.
    Interest 50
    Home office PERTH, WA, AUSTRALIA
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner MT. KEITH A.C.M. PTY. LTD.
    Interest 50
    Home office PERTH, WA, AUSTRALIA
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURT, D.R.L., AND SHEPPY, N.R., 1975, MOUNT KEITH NICKEL SULPHIDE DEPOSIT, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY -OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASIAN- INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 159-168.

  • Deposit

    BUTT, C.R.M., AND NICKEL, E.H., 1976, MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE WEATHERING OF THE DISSEMINATED NICKEL SUL-FIDE DEPOSIT AT MT. KEITH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOG-Y, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1736-1751.

  • Deposit

    MARSTON, R.J., GROVES, D.I., HUDSON, D.R., AND ROSS, J.R., 1981, NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA--A R-EVIEW: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 76, NO. 6, P. 1330-1363.

  • Deposit

    MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 14: PERTH, GEOLOGICAL- SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

  • Deposit

    MT. KEITH A.C.M. PTY. LTD., 1982, ANNUAL REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 MOCK COLLEEN M Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

Beyond USGS

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