Cosmic Boy

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Nickel

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
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	10066760
MRDS ID	TC43058
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cosmic Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	119.73256, -32.54603 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	10000(meters)
Relative position	Estimated Locations, But Believed To Be Within 10 Minutes.

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

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	119.73256, -32.54603	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Forrestania District

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC43058

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SOLOMON, M., AND GROVES, D.I., 1994, THE GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL DEPOSITS: OXFORD, OXFORD MONOGRAPHS ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 24, 951 P

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	18-APR-95	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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