Marlborough, Australia

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodities Nickel, Cobalt

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	10079603
MRDS ID	W029642
Record type	Site
Current site name	Marlborough, Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	149.83202, -22.8467 (WGS84)
Relative position	ABOUT 70 KM N OF ROCKHAMPTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Queensland

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Nickel Critical	Primary
Cobalt Critical	Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	149.83202, -22.8467	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

THE SILICATIC LATERITE DEPOSITE WAS FORMED BY THE WEATHERING OF ULTRABASIC ROCKS. THE NICKEL IN COMBINATION WITH THE RE-PRECIPITATED SILICA, FORMED SECONDARY SILICATE MINERALS DURING THE LATERITIZATION PROCESS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Medium
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Meekatharra Mineral Nl
Type Owner

Owner Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. (50 %) Inco Canada Ltd. (50 %)

Type	Operator
Owner	Meekatharra Mineral Nl

Type	Owner
Owner	Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. (50 %) Inco Canada Ltd. (50 %)

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W029642

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PETERS D.: NICKEL, 1975
Deposit

MINING JOURNAL, 10.9.1971 P. 222

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MEEKATHARA CONTRACTED TO SELL ORE FROM MARLBOROUGH TO A JAPANESE CONSORTIUM, EASTERN TRADING AND H. OHSHIGE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1978	Saam, Henning G.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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