Digger Rocks Nickel Deposits

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069216
MRDS ID W002729
Record type Site
Current site name Digger Rocks Nickel Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 119.91589, -32.5627 (WGS84)
Relative position 150 MILES SW OF KALGOORLIE, W. AUSTRALIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Comments on the location information

  • DIGGER ROCKS SOUTH IS 0.3 MILES S OF MAIN DIGGER ROCKS DEPOSIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 119.91589, -32.5627

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forestania Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amax, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Endeavour Oil Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/7/75, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 12/10/74.

  • Deposit

    ENG. MINING JOUR., 2/75, P. 129.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 12/9/74, ITEM #B5430.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 8/27/73, ITEM # A4061.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY-MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 2/7/75.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY-MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 1/10/75.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOUR., 2/28/75.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS TODAY, JANUARY, 1990, P. 30.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ; MINERALS TODAY, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.