Regional Report: Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Located about 25 km NNE of Widgiemooltha. Refs.: - Woodall, R. and Travis, G.A. (1969) The Kambalda nickel deposits Western Australia. Ninth Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress, Paper 26. - Ross, J.R. and Hopkins, G.M.F. (1975) The nickel sulfide deposits of Kambalda, Western Australia. In: Economic Geology of Australia and Papua-New Guinea (C. Knight, editor). Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Monograph 5(1): 100-121. - Gresham, J.J. and Loftus-Hills, G.D. (1981) The geology of the Kambalda Nickel Field, Western Australia. Economic Geology: 76: 1373-1416. - Lesher, C.M. and Groves, D.I. (1982) Localisation of volcanic peridotite-associated Ni-sulfide mineralisation at Kambalda, Western Australia, and implictions for ore emplacement. Third Nickel Sulfide Field Conference (Perth), Sulfide Deposits in Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks, Abstract Volume: 27-28. - Lesher, C.M. (1983) Localisation and Genesis of Komatiite-Associated Fe-Ni-Cu Sulfide Mineralisation at Kambalda, Western Australia, Ph.D. thesis, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. - Beresford, S.W., Cas, R.A.F., Lambert, D.D., and Stone, W.E. (2000) Vesicles in thick komatiite lava flows, Kambalda, Western Australia. Journal of the Geological Society, London: 157: 11-14.

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Albite - 34, 6

Altaite - 21

Andradite - 25

Ankerite - 34, 6

Aragonite - 32

Arsenopyrite - 1, 19

Baryte - 32, 25

Biotite - 34, 6

Carrollite - 20

Chalcopyrite - 20, 14, 21, 18, 22

'Chlorite Group' - 34, 6, 18

Chromite - 20, 14, 18

Chrysotile - 14

Dolomite - 34, 6, 17

Epidote - 35

Galena - 20, 14

Gaspéite - 20, 32

Gersdorffite - 22

Glaukosphaerite - 14, 32, 17

Goethite - 14, 32, 17

Gold - 20, 32, 30, 21, 37, 25

Gypsum - 32

Halite - 9

Hawleyite - 20

Hematite - 29, 34

Hessite - 20, 21, 25

Hydrohonessite - 32

Irarsite - 22

Kambaldaite - 20, 32

Löllingite - 20

Magnesite - 32, 18

Magnetite - 20, 14, 29, 34, 37, 6, 18

Malachite - 14, 17

Melonite - 21, 18, 25, 15

Merenskyite - 22

Michenerite - 20, 18, 25, 22

Molybdenite - 21

Moncheite - 20

Nickelblödite - 9

Nickeline - 22

Palladoarsenide - 20

Pecoraite - 32

Pentlandite - 20, 14, 21, 18, 22, 9

Petzite - 21

Pyrite - 14, 32, 21, 1, 19, 29, 34, 37, 6, 18, 22, 9

Pyrrhotite - 20, 14, 21, 1, 19, 37, 6, 18, 22, 9

Quartz - 20, 14, 18, 25, 22

Reevesite - 32

Rickardite - 21

Rucklidgeite - 20, 25

Scheelite - 32, 25

Siderite - 9

Sperrylite - 20, 18, 10, 22

Sphalerite - 14, 21

Stibiopalladinite - 22

Sudburyite - 22

Talc - 14, 18

Tantalite-(Fe) - 3

Tellurium - 20

Testibiopalladite - 20, 25, 22

Tremolite - 18

Violarite - 14, 32, 9

Volynskite - 20, 21, 25

'Wad' - 14

64 minerals listed.

Locality Key

1	Argo deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2	Bahama-Santa Ana deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
3	Binneringie Tantalite, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4	Britannia-Sirius deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5	Camilya Hill mine, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
6	Conqueror Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7	Delta deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
8	Durkin mine, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
9	Durkin shaft, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
10	Fischer Shoots, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
11	Gellatly Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
12	Gibbs Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
13	Gordon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
14	Hampton East Location 48, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
15	Hunt Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
16	Intrepide deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
17	Jan nickel mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
18	Juan complex, Otter Juan mine, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
19	Junction deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

20	Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
21	Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
22	Ken Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
23	Long Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
24	Loreto Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
25	Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
26	Mars deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
27	McMahon mine, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
28	Minotaur deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
29	North Orchin deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
30	Orchin Mine, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
31	Otter Juan mine, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
32	Otter Shoot Nickel mine, Otter Juan mine, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
33	Redoubtable deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
34	Revenge deposit, St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
35	St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
36	Victor Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
37	Victory-Defiance mine (Victory mine; Defiance mine), St. Ives gold camp, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
38	Wroth Shoot, Kambalda Nickel deposit, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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