Ruth Well Nickel Prospect-Australia

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Gold, Platinum, Palladium
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069217
MRDS ID W002731
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth Well Nickel Prospect-Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.99938, -20.69663 (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
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.99938, -20.69663

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 8/5/71

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 7/71, P. 144

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOURNAL, 8/18/72, P. 126

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHIM CREEK CONSOLIDATED, N.L. (PARTIALLY OWNED BY NORTHGATE EXPLORATION, LTD.). MUNNI MUNNI PROSPECT? COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATE. NEAR CAPE LAMBERT AND DAMPIER, IN WEST PILBARA GOLDFIED

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.