The deposit was discovered 1966 and mining commenced 1967. Owned by Western Mining. In 1986 this deposit was estimated to contain 7% of the western world's nickel reserves. Ore body contains the Lunnon shoot and the Durkin shoot (Durkin shaft).
Refs.:
- Hudson, D.R. and Donaldson, M.J. (1981) Mineralogy of platinum-group elements in the Kambalda nickel deposits, Western Australia. In Sulphide Deposits in Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks (D.L. Buchanan and M.J. Jones, editors). Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, U.K. (55-61).
- Mining Annual Review (1985):368.
