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Talga - Talga

Prospect in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Chromium, Zinc, Palladium, Iridium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10039208
MRDS ID M046786
Record type Site
Current site name Talga - Talga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 119.99931, -20.99661 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 200 KM SE OF PORT HEDLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS DEPOSIT OF NO ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Schists

Analytical data

Result NICKEL GOSSAN : PD = 14.1 PPB, IR = 3.75 PPB, AU = 115 PPB, NI = 1740 PPM, CU = 275 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 119.99931, -20.99661
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN-TYPE ARSENICAL MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilbara Cration

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAVIS, KEAYS AND DAVISON, 1976 , EVALUATION OF PD AND IR IN NICKEL GOSSANS, W. AUST. : ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , N.

Reporter information

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

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

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