Mt. Venn-Nickel Prospect-Australia

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Copper, Nickel

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069213
MRDS ID	W002719
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mt. Venn-Nickel Prospect-Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	123.49917, -28.07956 (WGS84)

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
Copper	Primary
Nickel Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	123.49917, -28.07956	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Tasminex Nl

Type	Owner
Owner	Tasminex Nl

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W002719

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ENG. MINING JOUR. 4/72, P. 179

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	AS OF 4/72 - THREE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES HAVE BEEN SUNK. FIRST INTERSECTS 0.57% CU AT 440-445 FT., SECOND INTERSECTS 0.91% CU-60-65 FT. AND 0.33% CU-65-70 FT. THIRD INTERSECTS 0.27%-2.60% CU-168-226 FT. NI ASSAYS OF 0.27% AND 0.44% FROM 6 INTERSECTIONS, EACH OF 1 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1974	Shaffer, Glenn L.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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