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Windarra District

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Copper
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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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000595
MRDS ID ISM0219
Record type District
Current site name Windarra District
Alternate or previous names Mount Windarra, South Windarra Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 122.2325, -28.47951 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS MT. WINDARRA ORE BODY; SOUTH WINDARRA IS 15 KM S OF MT. WINDARRA

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
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 122.2325, -28.47951
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description STRUCTURAL EMBAYMENTS AT BASE OF SHALLOW SUB-VOLCANIC SILL; SILL BOUNDARY MARKED BY BIF INTERCALATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1969
Year of first production 1974

Mining district

District name WINDARRA DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD.
    Interest 50
    Home office MELBOURNE, VIC., AUSTRALIA
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner SHELL CO. AUSTRALIA LTD.
    Interest 50
    Home office MELBOURNE, VIC., AUSTRALIA
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner WESTERN MINING CORPORATION LTD.
    Interest 50
    Home office MELBOURNE, VIC., AUSTRALIA
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, J.B., 1975, WINDARRA NICKEL DEPOSITS, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW G-UINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND MET-ALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 129-143.

  • Deposit

    MARSTON, R.J., 1984, NICKEL MINERALISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 14: PERTH, GEOLOGICAL- SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING CORP. LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINES DEPT., RETURNS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 MOCK COLLEEN M Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

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