 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | withMetamorphosed Volcanic-Type Iron-Nickel Sulfide Ores from Western Australia D. I. G•ovEs,F. M. B^•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 Shape Analysis of Nickel Sulfide Shoots at the Kambalda Dome, Western Australia: Implications for Deformation...†,* 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) | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | Barrett, F. M., Binns, R. A., Groves, D. I., Marston, R. J., McQueen, K. G. (1977) Structural history and metamorphic modification of Archean volcanic-type nickel deposits, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 72 (7) 1195-1223 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.72.7.1195 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Volcanic-Type NickelDeposits, YilgarnBlock, Western Australia F. M. BARRETT, JR.A. B•NNS,D. I. GROVES, R...Arcbean volcanic-typeFe-Ni sulfide ores of Western Australia occur at the base of relatively small, lenslike...commonlyof dynamic style, although the important Kambalda depositsoccur in a static-style environment. The...of deposits(Juan and Lunnon shoots,Kambalda; Windarra, Redross,and Nepean mines). All ores have undergonea...Introduction THz ArchcanFe-Ni sulfidedepositsof Western Australiaare associated with two main typesof ultramariehost |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ultramarie host rocks of 14 nickel sulfide depositsin Western Australia. The depositsrange from low-grade...total preciousmetal tenor of typical Western Australian nickel sulfide ore is similar to that of average...Palladiumand iridium correlatestrongly with the nickel sulfidecontent of the rocks. Deviations from perfect...talc-carbonatealteration in the upgrading of low-grade nickel ores. The evidencein handindicatesthat althoughsucha...redistribution of nickel, it is not responsible for large-scale mobilizationof nickel. However,it may release |  | | 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) | | Metasediments at Kambalda and Their Broad Relationshipswith AssociatedUltramarie Rocksand Nickel Ores O. A...A. BAVINTON •' Western Mining CorporationLimited, ExplorationDivision, P.O. Box 409, Unley, SouthAustralia5061...genetic model. Lusk (1976) suggested that both nickel oresand the interflow sedimentswere formed by the...ultra- mafic sequenceat Kambalda. In doing so, it relies 1606 KAMBALDA SULFIDIC METASEDIMENTS heavilyon...Despitethis,sedimentary Ni-Cu ore environmentsin Western Australia (see horizonsare almostexclusivelyabsentfrom |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Springer-Verlag 1976 Crystallization of Chromite from Nickel-Iron Sulphide Melts W.E. Ewers 1, J. Graham 1,...4000. Abstract. An experiment, in which an iron-nickel-copper sulphide melt was heated with synthetic...associated with the sulphide phase in Western Australian nickel ores may have formed in a similar way...described [1] associated with the ores of the Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda. Some of the chromite, as euhedral grains...by magnetite, in the ultramafic host rocks at Kambalda are more typical in composition, containing significantly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mobility in Fe-Ni-Cu SulfideOres at Lunnon and Juan Main Shoots,Kambalda' Textural and Sulfur Isotopic Evidence...Universityof Newcastle,Newcastle,New SouthWales2308, Australia D. I. GROVES,R. J. MARSTON,*AND 17.M. BARRETT**...GeologyDepartment, Universityof Western Australia,Nedlands,Western Australia6009, Australia Abstract Sulfur isotopedata...rangeof ore typesat Lunnonand JuanMain shoots,Kambalda, have beendeterminedin an attempt to constrainmodelsfor...parameterssuchasfo2 at the Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia ** Presentaddress:Afmeco Pty. Ltd |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Study of a Nickel-Iron Sulfide Ore Intersection, Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia W. E. EWERS...INTERSECTION USED IN FROM LUNNON THE STUDY OF AN ORE SHOOT, KAMBALDA C. E. S. DAws Abstract A...Archeart nickel-iron sulfide mineralization of Western Mining Corporation'sLunnon Shoot,Kambalda,consistsof...competedfavorably with lateforming pyrite for available cobalt. Nickel is low in the early-formed pyrite but concentratedin...ore to deterFOLLOWING the discoveryof high grade nickel-iron mine its compositionand thenceto attempt to |  | | 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 |  | | 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. KEA¾S, 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) | | Platinum-GroupMinerals from the KambaldaNickel Deposits,Western Australia D. R. HUDSON CSIRO Division of Minerals and...Geochemistry,Floreat Park, WesternAustralia 6014, Australia Abstract The relative abundance,compositional...natureanddistributionof platinum-group mineralsat Kambalda. Themajorplatinummineralsaresperryliteandmoncheite...chalcopyrite. A highproportionof the Pt in the Kambalda nickeldepositsis believedto occurassperrylite...magnesianultramaficflows (komatiites)of Archcan THE Kambalda nickel sulfide ores have been mined age. The geologyof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF SULPHIDES, II. A CHEMICAL STUDY OF THE KAMBALDA NICKEL DEPOSITS M.R. T H O R N B E R CSIRO, Division...Division of Mineralogy, Floreat Park, W.A. (Australia) ( R e c e i v e d A u g u s t 6, 1 9 7 4 ; revised...e m i c a l s t u d y o f t h e K a m b a l d a nickel deposits. C h e m . Geol., 15: 1 1 7 - - 1 4 4...A n e l e c t r o c h e m i c a l s t u d y o f nickel s u l p h i d e ore f r o m t h r e e K a m b a...INTRODUCTION The weathering profiles of the Kambalda nickel deposits present a unique o p p o r t u n i |  | | 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) | | 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...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...mineralizationat Kambalda occursas assemblage (1). The secondhasbeen documented by Keele and Nickel (1974) from |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Pyrrhotite-Pentlandite Ore at Kambalcla,WesternAustralia E. H. NICKEL,J. R. Ross,ANDM. R. TI•OR•BER Abstract The mineralogicaland...violarite, accompanied by the releaseof iron and nickel. This nickel reactswith the pyrrhotite, convertingsomeof...sulfurspeciesderivedfrom the Oxide Zone,are redeposited as nickel-rich pyrite andmarcasite. The new assemblage v...of this zone,presumablythroughexchangewith the nickel-richsolutionsmigratingdownwardfrom the overlyingOxide...by cathodic reactions, theydecompose, releasing nickel and ionic sulfur speciesthat are transporteddownwardsby |  | 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,†,* 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and Iridium in the Evaluation of Nickel Gossans in Western Australia G. A. TRAVIS,REIDR. I•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 |  | | 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) | | 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) | | INTERSPINIFEX Ni SULFIDE ORE FROM THE CORONET SHOOT, KAMBALDA: CHARACTERIZATION USING MICROBEAM X-RAY FLUORESCENCE...Perth, Western Australia, Australia for Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia, Nedlands...Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia Abstract Interspinifex ores are developed where pools of sulfide...zonation within interspinifex ores from Coronet shoot, Kambalda. Sulfide compositions in the interspinifex... Introduction The Kambalda orebodies remain the iconic examples of magmatic nickel sulfide ores associated |  | | 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) | | Komatiite-HostedFe-Ni-Cu SulfideDepositsat Kambalda,Western Australia A. COWDEN,M. J. DONALDSON,* Geologic...WesternMining Corporation,Ltd., Kambalda, WesternAustralia 6442, Australia A. J. NALDRETr,AND I. H. CAMPBELL**....Averagevaluesfrom a typicalmediumNi tenor ore shoot(10% Ni in 100% sulfides)are: Os, 480; Ir, 230; Ru...most intenselystudiedof any komatiite-associated nickel deposit, but detailed studiesof the abundanceand...Corporation,24 RyanRoad, Mt. Isa, Queensland4825, Australia. ** Present address: Research School of Earth |
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