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A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
MINNAMOOLKA
478925
54 KM SOUTH OF MOUNT GARNET, 140KM SW OF CAIRNS.
Latitude -18.1792 Longitude 145.1234
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 55 301513 mE 7988964 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7961 CASHMERE
8/December/2005
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Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Nornico Nickel Project
NICKEL
MEDIUM
25 000 - 500 000 tonnes NI
COBALT
SMALL
10 - 1 000 tonnes CO
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Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
9700000 tonnes Ore @
BR 6430 Published in 2000
77600 Tonnes NICKEL
0.80 % NICKEL
Undefined cutoff.
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
2000
METALLICA MINERALS LIMITED
BR 6430
METALLICA MINERALS LIMITED, PROSPECTUS.
METALLICA MINERALS LIMITED.
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Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
Council quarry for road base using the laterite as road base.
EPM
10235
QLD GOLD PTY LTD
100.00%
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Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
ETHERIDGE PROVINCE
Sandalwood Serpentinite / NEOPROTEROZOIC to EARLY CAMBRIAN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
RESIDUAL DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
LATERITIC NICKEL
LATERITE
A silica rich duricrust caps this deposit.
CAINOZOIC
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This resource estimate is based on four separate bodies each consisting of a shallow, thin, irregular, tabular body with narrow linear zones |
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of higher grade enrichment. This deposit is part of the Nornico project of Metallica Minerals Ltd. |
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Beneficiation studies of the siliceous laterite ore types have shown that by wet screening the material to 5mm it is possible to reject 46% |
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of the mass and retain 91% of the nickel and 81% of the cobalt in an undersize concentrate. |