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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Discovered
- 1995
Records and references
AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 11/27/95, CHECK UNDER THE NAME OFSWAN RIVER."STUNNING WA NICKEL FIND", THE AGE (MELB), 1ED, 11/21/95. THIS ARTICAL WAS FOUND IN NICKEL NEWS, DATE UNK. METAL BUL., "PLANNED PROJECTS BOOST NI PRODUCTION", 11/23/95PAGE ??. MINING JOURNAL, 11/24/95, "AUSTRALIAN NICKEL FEVER", PAGE 1. METAL BUL., 12/07/95, "SILVER SWAN SPARKS SEEN NICKELINTEREST". FINANCIAL TIMES, 12/22/95, "OUTOKUMPU PLANS MID-1997, START-UP FOR NICKEL PROJECT". MINING JOURNAL, 01/12/96, PAGE 31, "A NEW GENERATION?".
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10304912 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -30.72941, 121.79919
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