Mt. Venn

Past Producer in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Palladium, Iridium, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10039203
MRDS ID	M046778
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mt. Venn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	123.33251, -27.82957 (WGS84)
Relative position	135 KM NE OF LOVERTON

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
Chromite	Ore
Magnetite	Ore
Millerite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Pyrrhotite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	NI SULFIDES, PD = 37.0 PPB, AU = 9.4 PPB, IR = 2.5 PPB, CU = 1,080 PPM, NI = .320 %, NI GOSSANS, PD = 25 PPB (AVG), IR = .6 PPB (AVG), AU = 13 PPB (AVG)

Nearby scientific data

(1)	123.33251, -27.82957	ListMap

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

Mining district

District name	Yilgarn Block

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046778

Bibliographic references

Deposit

KEAYS, R. R., AND DAVISON, R. M., 1976 , PD, IR AND AU IN NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS WESTERN AUSTRALIA : ECON. GEOL., V. 71 , P. 1214 - 1228
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.