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Jimberlana Dyke

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039063
MRDS ID M046595
Record type Site
Current site name Jimberlana Dyke
Alternate or previous names Specific Sulfide Occurrences: Bronzite, Spinifex, Cowan, Dundas Hills

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.78251, -32.19605 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF NORSEMAN

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

  • LOCAL RELIEF UP TO 500 FT - OUTCROPS SCARCE - RESIDUAL SOIL 2 FT THICK OR MORE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result DUNDAS HILLS: PT AND PD RARELY EXCEED 0.1 PPM
Result BRONZITE RIDGE GOSSAN: 1% NI, 0.5% CU, 1 PPM PT, ORE BODY UP TO 2% NI AND 2% CU EXTENDS FOR 6000 FT
Result COWANS AND SPIMFEX: LESS THAN 0.5% CU & NI, PLATINOIDS BELOW 0.5 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro > Norite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.78251, -32.19605
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE - LIKE MASSIVE SULFIDES, ZONES OF DISSEMINATED
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yilgarn Block, Western Australia

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Mining Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT CONSIDERED ECONOMIC IN YEARS 1968 - 1972 - ORE BODIES TOO SMALL AND TO LOW GRADE COMPARED WITH OTHER AUSTRALIAN DEPOSITS

Comments on the workings information

  • DYKE IS 110 MILES LONG, 1/2 TO 1 1/2 MILES WIDE; DATA ABOVE FOR BRONZITE RIDGE SULFIDE LENS; DUNDAS HILLS HAS PERSISTENT HORIZON OF CU - NI DISSEMINATED SULFIDES AT CONTACT BETWEEN NORITE AND PYROXENITE UNITS; SPINIFEX AND COWANS OCCURRENCES ARE DISSEMINATED WITH STRINGERS OF MASSIVE SULFIDES

Comments on development

  • MAZZUCCHELLI AND ROBBINS GIVE DETAILS OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAZZUCCHELLI AND ROBBINS, 1973, J. GEOCHEM. EXPLORATION, V. 2, P. 383 - 392

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL ET AL., 1970, GEOL. MAG., V. 107, P. 1 - 12

  • Deposit

    TRAVIS, 1974, IN ECONOMIC GEOL. OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA - NEW GUINEA - AUST. INST. MIN. METALL. ED. BY CL. KNIGHT

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, 1966, THESIS, UNIV. OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, NEDLANDS, W. A.

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL WESTERN MINING CORPORATION

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOCHEM WESTERN MINING CORPORATION

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOPHYS WESTERN MINING CORPORATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    USE ANALYTICAL DATA AND SIZE DATA TO CALCULATE POTENTIAL RESOURCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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