Durkin Shoot

Prospect in Australia with commodities Nickel, Copper, Chromium, Zinc, Palladium, Iridium, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097125
MRDS ID M046773
Record type Site
Current site name Durkin Shoot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.59919, -31.19609 (WGS84)
Relative position 120 KM NORTH OF NORSEMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result NICKEL GOSSANS, PD = 147 PPB, IR = 1,940 PPB, AU = 1.9 PPB, NI = 17,750 PPM, CU = 44,750 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.59919, -31.19609

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: YILGARN BLOCK, PRE CAMB. SHIELD, W. AUST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAVIS, KEAYS AND DAVISON, 1976 , EVALUATION OF PD AND IR IN NI GOSSANS, W. AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , P. 1229 - 1243

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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