Rudall River

Prospect in Australia with commodities PGE, Nickel, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039248
MRDS ID M046845
Record type Site
Current site name Rudall River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 118.26601, -21.32992 (WGS84)
Relative position PLOTTED AT TOWN OF PILBARA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Comments on the location information

  • WESTERN AUSTRALIA, LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
PGE Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result PGM = .125 OZ PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 118.26601, -21.32992

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilbara District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1971 , AUSTRALIA, V. 276 , P. 82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-78 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-FEB-78 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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