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Greenvale Mine

Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024495
MRDS ID ISM0215
Record type Site
Current site name Greenvale Mine
Alternate or previous names Greenvale Nickel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 144.98213, -18.91356 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Relative position ORE BODY; 1 KM
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Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 40 KM OF N OF MAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Primary
Cobalt Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Greenvale Serpentinite;Boiler Gully Complex
    Rock description Greenvale Serpentinite;Boiler Gully Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) 144.98213, -18.91356
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Laterisation Of Intensely Sheared And Faulted Ultrabasic Intrusive

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; LITTLE PUBLISHED DATA AVAILABLE. THIS RECORD CONTAINS PRELIMINARY DATA FOR SEVERAL IVORY COAST DEPOSITS.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Year of first production 1974
Year of last production >1982

Mining district

District name North Queensland Area; Townsville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Queensland Nickel Pty. Ltd., Owned By Companies Above, Is Manager Of Joint Venture.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Metals Exploration Queensland Pty. Ltd. (50%), 50% Freeport Queensland Nickel Inc. (50%)

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION THROUGH 1984.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 26,691,000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.28 wt-pct Nickel Major 1980
    Cobalt Co 0.11 wt-pct Cobalt Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RR17: MOYANGO-LEFOI DEPOSIT; RR18: FOUGOUESSO DEPOSIT ESTIMATE; RR19: SIPILOU DEPOSIT

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X; WORLDWIDE OVERSUPPLY OF NICKEL AND DEPRESSED MARKET). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(ACTIVE EXPLORATION IN 1975, EXPLORATORY DRILLING); FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LTD. AND SOCIETE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT MINIER DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE (SODEMI) MET IN 1976 T-O DISCUSS JOINT EXPLOITATION OF THIS DISTRICT. FALCONBRIDGE T-HOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT MINING BIANKOUMA DISTRICT COULD BE PRO-FITABLE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS ISM0215
USGS International Strategic Minerals Inventory ISMI NI041

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FLETCHER, K., AND COUPER, J., 1975, GREENVALE NICKEL LATERITE, NORTH QUEENSLAND, IN KNIGHT, C.L., ED., ECONOMIC GE-OLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, V. 1, METALS: AUSTRA-LASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 5, P. 995--1001.

  • Deposit

    BURGER, P. A., 1979, THE GREENVALE NICKEL LATERITE OREBODY, IN EVANS, D. J. I., SHOEMAKER, R.S., AND VELTMA, H., E-DS., INTERNATIONAL LATERITE SYMPOSIUM: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INST-ITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 24--37.

  • Deposit

    METALS EXPLORATION LTD., 1975-1981, ANNUAL REPORTS (GREENVALE NICKEL PROJECT)

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND NICKEL PTY. LTD., THE GREENVALE NICKEL PROJECT.

  • Production

    PA1-PA2: RF3, 1977-1981. PC1-PC2: RF3, 1975-1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). NONE GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION IN 1981-82 FOUND THE SAMAPLEU DEPOSIT 33 KM W OF BIANKOUMA LOCATED IN A BASIC-ULTRABASIC C-OMPLEX OF ANORTHOSITES, GABBRO-NORITES, PYROXENITES, AND PERID-OTITES. PRELIMINARY TESTS ON SELECTED SAMPLES HAVE SHOWN 15.0-3% CU AND 5.90% NI. AVERAGE GRADES AND TOTAL TONNAGES ARE UNK-NOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Pratt C Roger Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia