| Deposit ID | 10280529 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 6020550069 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wannaway |
| Alternate or previous names | No Alternate Names |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 121.51589, -31.59607 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Pentlandite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | 121.51589, -31.59607 |
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| Strike | N20W | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 60W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 408M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 400M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1966 |
| Mining method | Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Widgiemooltha |
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| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
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| Ownership category | Unknown |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Metals Exploration Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Australia |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 4500000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 3200000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 135M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 6020550069 |
REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1990/91 - P.212.
DALGARNO C.R. "NICKEL DEPOSITS OF THE WIDGIEMOOLTHA
DOME; REDCROSS, WANNAWAY, WIDGIEMOOLTHA, DORDIE. "ECONOMIC
GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA , VOL. 1 . 1975.
P.82.
METALS EXPLORATION LIMITED , ANNUAL REPORT. 1976.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WANNAWAY IS AN EXPLORED PROSPECT THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR PRODUCTION. THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEASABILITY IS GOOD. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-JAN-95 | Bleiwas, Donald | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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