Jan Shoot

Past Producer in Western Australia, 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10039198
MRDS ID M046765
Record type Site
Current site name Jan Shoot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.89918, -31.39608 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 KM 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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result NICKEL GOSSANS, PD = 1061 PPB (AVG), IR = 1572 PPB (AVG), AU = 8.75 PPB (AVG), NI = 7795 PPM (AVG)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.89918, -31.39608

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: YILGARN BLOCK PRE CAMB. SHIELD, W. AUST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1986

Mining district

District name Yilgarn Block

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAVIS, KEAYS AND DAVISON, 1976, EVALUATION OF PD AND IR IN NI GOSSANS, W. AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOL., V. 71, P. 1229 - 1243.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY, 1986, P. 16.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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