Redross, Australia
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Amphibolite, Ultrabsite, Basalt — Ultramafic Intrusive Rock, Amphibolite, Basalt, Granite
- Associated rock
- Ultrabasite, Basalt — Ultramafic Intrusive Rock, Basalt, Granite
- Orebody form
- "VEIN", DISSEMINATED
Yilgarn Archaean Block Of The Western Australian Shield . Deposit Is On The Southeast Margin Of Broad Regional Domal Structure. Mineralization Occurs On The Basal Contact Of A Narrow (100 M) Talc-Carbonate Altered Peridotite Which Lies Between Two Metabasalt Units. . Deposit Is On The Southeast Margin Of Broad Regional Domal Structure. Mineralization Occurs On The Basal Contact Of A Narrow (100 M) Talc-Carbonate Altered Peridotite Which Lies Between Two Metabasalt Units., The Metabasalts Indicate That They Are Submarine Flows With Associated Chert, Black Shale And Tuffaceous Sediments
The Redross Mineralization Is On The Basal Contact Of The Redross Ultrabasic Which Lies Between Two Metabasalt Units
Mining history
- Status
- Past Producer
- Workings
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1966
- First production
- 1973
Records and references
AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, REVIEW (1974)DALGARNO,C.R.:NICKEL DEPOSITS OF THE WIDGIEMOOLTHA DOME, WANNAWAY, WIDGIEMOOLTHA, DORDIEE/MJ 7-75 P.153AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, REVIEW 1974,1975
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10079600 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -31.57940, 121.06587
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