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Mount Martin, Australia

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079590
MRDS ID W029627
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Martin, Australia

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 122.17743, -25.46243 (WGS84)
Relative position SE KALGOORLIE, NE KAMBALDA

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN THE AUSTRALIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS THE MAJOR PRIMARY ORE MINERAL IS PENTLANDITE, WHICH IS GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH NIKELLIFEROUS PYRRHOTITE. IN MOST DEPOSITS THIS PRIMARY ASSEMBLAGE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO A VIOLARITE-PYRITE ASSEMBLAGE IN THE ZONE DOWN TO ABOUT 200 M BELOW SURFACE. VARYING AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND OTHER COPPER-BEARING SULFIDES ACCOMPANY THE NICKEL-IRON SULFIDES. THE NICKEL-COPPER RATIO VARIES BETWEEN ABOUT 3:1 AND 60:1.

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 122.17743, -25.46243
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Yilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE YILGARN BLOCK COMPRISES ABOUT 600 000 KM2 OF ARCHAEAN GRANITE AND GRANITE GNEISS AND ENCLOSE BELTS OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS AND VOLCANICS. THIS BELTS TREND NORTH-NORTHWEST AND ARE KNOWN LOCALLY AS "GREENSTONE BETS". THIS BELTS CONSIST MAINLY ALTERED BASALTIC LAVAS, AND CONTAIN ALTERED INTRUSIVE AND EXTRUSIVE ULTRAMAFICS IN WHICH THE NICKEL DEPOSITS OCCUR. FRAGMENTAL VOLCANICS, CHEMICALLY DEPOSITED BANDED IRON FORMATIONS AND JASPILITES, CLASTIC SEDIMENTS, AND ACID VOLCANICS FORM SUBORDINATE UNITS IN THE BELTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Great Boulder Mines

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 2 wt-pct Nickel Major 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, QUARTERLY REVIEW, VOL 28 NO. 4 P.10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IDENTIFIED NICKEL RECOURCES (1975)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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