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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1914
Records and references
MOLYBDENUM, TUNGSTEN, VANADIUM, AND CHROMIUM IN WESTERNAUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN II, GEOLOGICALSURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1978. HAWKINS, B., EXPLORATION MANAGER, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALANDEXPLORATION CO., SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, PERSONAL COMUNN. BLOCKELY, J.G., SUNDRY MINERALIZATION IN THE ARCHAEN OF THEWESTERN AUSTRALIAN SHIELD, AUST. INST. MINING ANDMETALL., 1975, PP. 211-213. MINEFIELDS EXPLORATION N.L., 1981 ANNUAL REPORT. ENGINEERING/MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1982, P. 61. REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1987. P319.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10207968 — view the source record
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Coordinates: -29.17945, 116.98263
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