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Western Mining

Past Producer in Australia with commodities Nickel, Platinum
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039249
MRDS ID M046846
Record type Site
Current site name Western Mining

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 122.16587, -28.32954 (WGS84)
Relative position 160 MILES NORTH OF KALGDORLIE
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Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Primary
Platinum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 122.16587, -28.32954
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Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: YILGARN BLOCK

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Windarra, W. Aust.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • EXPECTED TO START PRODUCTION IN 1978

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M046846

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR., 1977 , NEW MINES: ENG. MIN. JOUR. MAY 1977

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR., 1977 , WESTERN MINING CORP: ENG. MIN. JOUR., V. 178 , NO. 9

  • Deposit

    TRAVIS, KEAYS AND DAVISON, 1976 , GOSSANS, W. AUST: ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , NO. 7

  • Deposit

    KEAYS AND DAVISON, 1976 , PGM AU, W. AUST: ECON. GEOL. V. 71 , NO. 7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey