Weebo-Nickel Deposit-Australia

Occurrence 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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096174
MRDS ID W002736
Record type Site
Current site name Weebo-Nickel Deposit-Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.4992, -30.7461 (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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.4992, -30.7461

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 15000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1 wt-pct Nickel Major 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCE BOOK 7/30/73, ITEM # A3611

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK 7/16/73, ITEM # A3454

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUND BY NEWMONT MINING. DEPOSIT MAY BE MARGINAL BUT CLOSENESS TO AGNEW DEPOSIT MAY CUT STRUCTURAL AND METAL. TESTING TO MAKE DEPOSIT VIABLE. NEAR AGNEW NICKEL DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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