Tramways

Prospect in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039201
MRDS ID M046774
Record type Site
Current site name Tramways

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.79918, -31.49608 (WGS84)
Relative position 80 KM NORTH OF NORSEMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result NICKEL GOSSANS, PD = 928 PPB, IR = 20 PPB, AU = 16 PPB, NI = 13,400 PPM, CU = 1050 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.79918, -31.49608

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 Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

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.