Silver Swan

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Nickel, Silver

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304912
MAS/MILS ID 6020550089
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Swan
Alternate or previous names Black Swan, Swan River ?

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 121.79919, -30.72941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 121.79919, -30.72941

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1995

Mining district

District name West Ausatralia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals Project Inverstors Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Australia
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Outokumpu Metals And Resources Oy
    Interest 50
    Home office Finland
    Year 1996
    First year 1995

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 6020550089

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 11/27/95, CHECK UNDER THE NAME OF

  • Deposit

    SWAN RIVER.

  • Deposit

    "STUNNING WA NICKEL FIND", THE AGE (MELB), 1ED, 11/21/95.

  • Deposit

    THIS ARTICAL WAS FOUND IN NICKEL NEWS, DATE UNK.

  • Deposit

    METAL BUL., "PLANNED PROJECTS BOOST NI PRODUCTION", 11/23/95

  • Deposit

    PAGE ??.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 11/24/95, "AUSTRALIAN NICKEL FEVER", PAGE 1.

  • Deposit

    METAL BUL., 12/07/95, "SILVER SWAN SPARKS SEEN NICKEL

  • Deposit

    INTEREST".

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    FINANCIAL TIMES, 12/22/95, "OUTOKUMPU PLANS MID-1997, START-

  • Deposit

    UP FOR NICKEL PROJECT".

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 01/12/96, PAGE 31, "A NEW GENERATION?".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines