 | | Report (issue) | | NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA An oblique aerial view, from the south-southwest, ofthe...has been used t o define the broad extent ofthe Lunnon and Hunt shoots which plunge south-southeast under...the lake. In the middleground the township of Kambalda East nestles in hills of the metabasaft which...the Surveyor General, Western Australia. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN...BULLETIN 14 NICKEL MINERALIZATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA by R. J. MARSTON PERTH, 1984 Issued under |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | for the emplacement of nickel ores, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia D. Findlay To cite this...for the emplacement of nickel ores, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia, Australian Journal of...for the emplacement of nickel ores, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia D. FINDLAY Downloaded...WA 6151, Australia. Restoration of fault displacements on a section through the Lunnon Shoot is made in...flexural slip and ductile flow in the growth of the Kambalda Anticline. Coupled with the interpretation here |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Shape Analysis of Nickel Sulfide Shoots at the Kambalda Dome, Western Australia: Implications for Deformation...â ,* Kambalda Nickel Operations, WMC Resources Ltd., Kambalda, Western Australia 6442, Australia STEPHEN...University, P.O. Box 28E, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia AND NICHOLAS J. ARCHIBALD Geoinformatics Explorations... 57 Havelock Street, West Perth, Western Australia 6872, Australia Abstract Integrated three-dimensional...magmatic nickel sulfide ore shoots associated with metakomatiites at the Archean Kambalda dome, Western Australia |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Precious Metals in Volcanic Peridotitc-Associated Nickel SulfideDeposits in WesternAustralia. II: Distribution...Distribution withinthe Oresand Host Rocks at Kambalda REID R. KEAžS, Departmentof Geology, University of...of Melbourne, Parkville,Victoria3052,Australia JAMESR. Ross, WesternMiningCorporation Ltd., Exploration...Division,P.O.Box91,Belmont6104,WesternAustralia, Australia AND PAUL WOOLRICH Department of Geology, Chelsea...WOOLRICH Introduction Individual ore shoots at Kambalda consist of a zone of contact mineralization which |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | withMetamorphosed Volcanic-Type Iron-Nickel Sulfide Ores from Western Australia D. I. Gâ˘ovEs,F. M. B^â˘ETz, R...spinels in Archcan Fe-Ni sulfide ores from Western Australia must be revised in view of widespreadmetamorphiceffects...Irvine, 1965, 1967; Jackson,1969) and from Western Australia occur in amphibolitefacies in metamorphicsituations...sulfidesin igneousrocks, where immiscibilitybe- Western Australia, namely those occurring in extweensilicateand...assemblagesof pyrrhotite-pentlanditeBlock of Western Australia (Ewers and Hudson, chalcopyrite+ pyrite -----spinels |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and komatiites associated with nickel mineralisation in Western Australia: Implications for dunite genesis...1 1 Western Mining Corporation Limited, Kambalda Nickel Operations, Kambalda, Western Australia 6442...Department of Geology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009 Abstract. The two important...of Archean Fe-Ni-Cu sulphide deposits in Western Australia are those hosted by (1) coarse-grained adcumulate...Agnew, Mount Keith) and (2) komatiitic lavas (e.g. Kambalda). Close similarities in compositions of relict |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CorporationLtd., Karnbalda,WesternAustralia,6442,Australia Abstract The Kambaldanickelfield containsthe...majorconcentrationof volcanicperidotitc-associated nickel oresin the Archcanof Australia.It occupiesan area...atigraphicsections.Mostoresoccurin the lower (Kambalda)sequence at the baseof the Kambaldaultramaficrocks;the...Introduction tralia (seeFrontispiece).Nickel sulfideswere discovTHE Kambalda nickel sulfide depositsoccur in the...Ltd., P.O. Box 157, Preston, Victoria, $072, Australia. t at 8.28 percent Ni. Annual productionis approximately |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | evolution of contaminated komatiites at Kambalda, Western Australia C.M. Lesher a, N.T. A r n d t b aDepartment...sequence at Kambalda comprises a lower formation of massive and pillowed tholeiitic basalts (Lunnon basalt);...basalt); a middle formation (Kambalda komatiite) of channel- and sheet-flow facies komatiitic peridotites with...felsic and intermediate dikes and plutons (e.g. Kambalda granodiorite) and felsic and intermediate lavas...alteration cannot explain the systematic variations. Lunnon basalts are characterized by low MgO (5-8%), moderately |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | EconomicGeologâ˘t Vol. 76, 1981, pp. 1880-1868 Nickel SulfideDepositsin WesternAustralia.A Review R.... GROVES, GeologyDepartment, Universityof Western Australia,Nedlands,Australia6009 D. R. HUDSON, Com...Australia6014 AND J. R. Ross Western Mining Corporation,Belmont, Australia 6104 Abstract The nickelsulfidedeposits... and someother rare types.Some96 percentof the nickel metal resourceis containedin depositsconcentratedin...sedimentation, later tectonometamorphic styles, and nickel mineralization. Intrusivedunitc-associated deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Petrology,andGenesisof NickelOres at the JuanComplex,Kambalda,WesternAustralia R. J. MARSTONAND B. D. KAY Abstract...Introduction and Geological Setting (Table 1). Tn⢠Kambalda nickel depositsoccur in a northWith the exceptionof...at the Otter shoot this belt at Kambalda is 4 to 5 km wide and is com(Keele and Nickel, 1974), most publisheddata...tholeiiticand komatiiticaffinities (Fig. 1). Lunnon shoot. The Juan complexof shootsis of Rossand Hopkins...than 3 km in thickness(Table 1), inories for Kambalda nickel ores. The complex occurs trudedby later felsicto |  | | Report (chapter) | | June 28, 2015 Nickel ore troughs in Archaean volcanic rocks, Kambalda, Western Australia: indicators of...School of Mines, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BP, UK 2 Kambalda Nickel...W M C Resources Ltd, Kambalda, Western Australia Abstract: The Kambalda nickel sulphide deposits are...Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The main lithologies are basalts and komatiites. Nickel sulphide ore...area. A new model is presented explaining the Kambalda structures by analogy with present-day graben |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ontario (Barnes and Naldrett 1986) and the Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda (Keays et al. 1981). In both deposits the...are from Alexo (Barnes and Naldrett 1986); Lunnon, Kambalda (Keays et al. 1981); Levack West (Hoffman...study of a nickel iron sulfide ore intersection, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia. Econ Geol...content of ore in the Levack West and Little Stobie mines, Ontario. Can Mineral 17: 437â452 Keays RR, Ross...metals in volcanic peridotite-associated nickel sulfide deposits in Western Australia: II. Distribution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MineralogicalVariationsin the Nickel Mineralization Associatedwith the Kambalda Dome, Western Australia P. WOOLRICH, A...Abstract The volcanicperidotitc-associated nickel depositsat Kambalda,WesternAustralia,consist of a number...80 percentsulfides of a lowerportionof thick peridotite-duniteflowsor with interstitial,highly magnesiansilicates...Greshamand Loftus-Hills, 1981); this THe: Kambalda nickel field is located 60 km south of Minor intercalated...ng Corp. Ltd., Kambalda Nickel Operations,Kambalda, Western Australia 6442, Australia. mineralization |  | Beresford, S., Stone, W. E., Cas, R., Lahaye, Y., Jane, M. (2005) Volcanological Controls on the Localization of the Komatiite-Hosted Ni-Cu-(PGE) Coronet Deposit, Kambalda, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 100 (7) 1457-1467 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.7.1457 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Komatiite-Hosted Ni-Cu-(PGE) Coronet Deposit, Kambalda, Western Australia STEVE BERESFORD,â ,* School of Geosciences...3800, Australia WILLIAM E. STONE,** Kambalda Nickel Operations, Kambalda 6442, Western Australia, Australia...University, P.O. Box 28E, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia Abstract Coronet is a small komatiite-hosted...the Kambalda dome. Coronet is unusual in that it is concealed beneath a faulted wedge of Lunnon Basalt...Coronet North. The SO1H is the main mineralized ore shoot and is spatially associated with the base of the |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology, University of Western Australia. ^B.H.P. Minerals, Perth, Western Australia. ^Geological Survey...F or G + F where A B C D E F G = = = = = = = nickel or cobalt or platinum or pentlandite mineralization...with potential. The bibliography on nickel deposits of Western Australian includes all relevant references...Survey of Western Australia Mineral Resource Bulletin 14, "Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia," by...short articles are contained in University of Western Australia Geology Department and Extension Service Publication |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Iridium in the Evaluation of Nickel Gossans in Western Australia G. A. TRAVIS,REIDR. Iâ˘EAYS,ANDR....iridium show a strong positive correlation with nickel in Western Australiannickel sulfidedeposits,and their...non-nickeliferoussulfideassemblages permit distinctionfrom true nickel gossans. Material with 15 to 30 ppb Pd and 5 to...to 10 ppb Ir indicatesa possibleminor original nickel sulfidecomponent(a0.6% Ni), and at higher levelsthe...levelsthe former presenceand approximate grade of nickel sulfidescan be confidentlypredictedfrom the precious-metalvalues |  | Keays, Reid R., Nickel, E. H., Groves, D. I., McGoldrick, Peter J. (1982) Iridium and palladium as discriminants of volcanic-exhalative, hydrothermal, and magmatic nickel sulfide mineralization. Economic Geology, 77 (6) 1535-1547 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.77.6.1535 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volcanic-Exhalative, Hydrothermal,and Magmatic Nickel SulfideMineralization REID R. KEAYS, Department...3052, Australia E. H. NICKEL, CSIRO, Division of Mineralogy, Private Bag, P.O. Wembly, Western Australia...Australia 6014, Australia D. I. GROVES, Department of Geology,Universityof WesternAustralia,Nedlands,WesternAustralia6009...WesternAustralia6009, Australia AND PETERJ. MCGOLDRICK Department of Geology, University of Melbourne,... Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia Abstract Neutronactivationof Pd, Au, andIr in samples from (1) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | direct association between komatiitic magmatism and Kambalda-style Ni-Cu-PGE deposits. The link between magma...magmas which formed the komatiites at Kambalda, Western Australia were S-saturated and as a result depleted...used two lines of evidence to deduce that the Kambalda komatiites were formed from S-saturated magmas...expected for a given MgO content. Further, the Kambalda komatiites are depleted in Ni relative to komatiites...deposits. This is the ore genesis model for the Kambalda ores suggested by Ross and Hopkins ( 1975 ) who |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | members of the komatiite suite at Yakabindie, Western Australia, could be derivative liquids produced by fractional...primary peridotite magma could be generated by a high degree of partial melting of mantle peridotite during...dunites of the komatiite suite have associated nickel sulfide deposits and consequently the fractionation...inferred from phenocryst and spinifex-textured peridotite composition in some more Mg-rich natural komatiites...spinifex-textured peridotites from Yakabindie, Western Australia [3,22]. In the first case, the silicate liquid |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FLEET Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada (Received...Ontario (Barnes and Naldrett, 1986) and Lunnon shoot, Kambalda (Keays et al., 1981 ). New values for the... 3 is Trojan deposit, 4 is Alexo mine, 5 is Lunnon shoot: Sudbury distriet and Insizwa complex- solid...from the Alexo mine, and matrix ore from the Lunnon shoot are uniformly lower in both Cu and Ni than corresponding...and calculated liquids for the Alexo mine and Lunnon shoot, the discrepancies noted between assumed and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 150â˘3-1528 The Langmuir VolcanicPeridotitc-Associated Nickel Deposits:Canadian Equivalentsof the WesternAustralianOccurrences...nickelsulfidedeposits associated with volcanicperidotitesin Western Australia.A magmaticorigin is supportedby the localizationof...Introduction SINCEthe Kambaldanickeldiscoveryin 1966, nickel Hudson, 1972; Naldrett, 1973; Rossand Hopkins...deposits By the mid-1970sfurther studiesof the Western and as a majorsourceof nickel.While studiesof the...ultramafic memberscan be equated with the Munro nickel sulfidedeposits?, (2) Do thesenickel sulfide Group |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Mt. Sholl Intrusion,Pilbara Region, Western Australia CHARTER I. MATHISON GeologyDepartment,Universityof...Universityof WesternAustralia,Nedlands6009,Australia AND ALAN E. MARSHALL Getty Oil DevelopmentCompanyLimited...westernPilbararegion,is oneof severalgabbroid bodiesexploredfor nickel sulfidedepositsby Whim Regional Geology Creek...major -⢠⢠//⢠Western ARCHEAN volcamc perâ˘dotâ˘te + ?-â˘'] ⢠Perlr Australia NI-CU SULFIDES...metagabbro,c rocks ⢠* â˘' -'⢠serpentinised peridotite â˘/ -⢠metavolcanicro â˘7 - fault drill hole |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the 2,720â2,710-Ma Kidd-Munro Assemblage of the western Abitibi greenstone belt in Dundonald Township,... Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, Canada P. C. Davis First Nickel Inc, 206-120 Front Street East, Toronto, ON M5A...described. It was not until after the discovery of the Kambalda deposits in 1966 (Woodall and Travis 1969; Ross...45-m-thick, poorly differentiated komatiitic peridotite sill, and the Empire member is represented by...by a 100-m-thick, massive komatiitic peridotite sill. The Dundonald South member is âź100 m thick and comprises |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Centre for Exploration Targeting, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University of Technology...6845, Australia Regalpoint Exploration Ltd., 225 St George's Terrace, Perth, WA 6000, Australia Centre...M006, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia a r t i c l e i...ellipse Capture efďŹciency Spatio-geometric Nickel Kambalda a b s t r a c t A centrographic method for...komatiite-hosted Kambalda nickel sulphide deposit cluster, Yilgarn craton, Western Australia. In this method |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfides(disseminatedand net-textured) to the massivelayer at Lunnon shootcould accountfor the higher Ni contentof the...reversenet-texturedzonesduringthermal at Lunnon shoot(Kambalda)was suggestedby Ross zone where metamorphism...mentsat Kambalda(Lesherand Keays,1984). Pt is alteration postdatedthe sulfide. Keele and Nickel low in...Donaldson (1974) reportedprimarysulfideblebsat Kambalda. West in contrastto the high Pt contentin Cu-rich...depletion of massivesulfideshasbeen reported at Kambalda (Rossand Keays, 1979; Keays et al., 1981; CowdenandDonaldson |
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