This study examines the spatial variability of whole-rock concentrations of platinum group elements (PGEs) within the host flow to massive nickel sulfide mineralization at the Long-Victor deposit, Kambalda dome (Western Australia), where a series of ore shoots occupy two subparallel channels, over a strike length of approximately 3,000 m.
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Kambalda nickel camp was discovered by Western Mining Corporation in 1966. The Moran discovery in September 2008 is the most recent significant addition to the ... Three modes of nickel ore occurrence are recognized at Kambalda: contact, hanging wall …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Gresham JJ, Loftus-Hills GD (1981) The geology of the Kambalda nickel field, Western Australia. Econ Geol 76:1373–1416. ... Staude S, Oelze M, Markl G (2022) Multi …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Kambalda nickel field contains the major concentration of volcanic peridotitc-associated nickel ores in the Archean of Australia. It occupies an area of 400 km 2 underlain by two sequences of ultramafic, mafic, and felsic volcanics, and sedimentary rocks, which can be broadly correlated with previously erected regional stratigraphic sections. . Most ores occur in the …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The access to a complete, drilled intersection of a relatively little disturbed portion of the komatiite-hosted nickel-sulfide ore deposit mined at Wannaway, Kambalda region, Western Australia, provided the opportunity to combine mineralogical, micro-textural and chemical investigations in order to define the different ore facies and to monitor ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Nickel sulphide mineralisation is located in structural embayments or troughs at the base of thick basal komatiite lava flows at the Victor ore body, Kambalda, Western Australia.Primary contact relations, and textural and vesicle distribution of the host komatiite lavas, particularly the development of coherent or quench fragmented margins is consistent …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Gold was mined in Kambalda from 1896 to 1906, and a settlement was made there in 1897. The gold gave out in the early 20th century, however, and the town was deserted. The area's fortunes changed in 1966, when deposits of high …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Kambalda nickel mines lie within the south-central section of the Archaean Norseman-Wiluna greenstone belt, 60 to 100 km SSE of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. More than 22 deposits worked as part of the Kambalda operation, includes those on the flanks of the Kambalda and Widgiemooltha domes, and within the St Ives, Tramway and Golden ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Their suggestion that komatiite-hosted (Kambalda-type2) nickel ores reside in such channels has led to resurgence of interest in volcanic models for ore emplacement3–5 and caused controversy6,7.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The magmatic Ni sulfide deposits of the Kambalda Dome are located at the base of the komatiites, comprising an endowment of .3,000,000 tonnes of Ni (Gresham & Loftus-Hills 1981, Lesher et al. 1981 ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Abstract The Kambalda nickel sulphide deposits are located in the 2700 Ma Eastern Goldfields Greenstone Belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The main lithologies are basalts and komatiites. Nickel sulphide ore occurs within the komatiite at the contact with the underlying basalt. This contact is structurally complex, the result of several phases of compressive …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Kambalda concentrator, which relied on third-party ore, was suspended earlier this year. More than 3,000 jobs will be lost, though BHP will offer its 1,600 "frontline" employees the choice ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The concentrator had been on care and maintenance since 2018 before being restarted in 2022 to process ore from the Kambalda mines when they were owned by Mincor Resources. ... Kambalda's nickel ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Kambalda nickel sulphide deposits are located in the 2700 Ma Eastern Goldfields Greenstone Belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. The main lithologies are basalts and komatiites. Nickel sulphide ore occurs within the komatiite at the contact with the underlying basalt. This contact is structurally complex, the result of several phases of ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Nickel tenor (Ni concentration in sulfides) varies from 12.5 to 14.5 wt% on the eastern flank, and from 16 to 18 wt% on the western flank of the Edwards lode orebody, Kambalda, Western Australia.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The Moran komatiite-hosted Ni sulfide deposit at Kambalda (Australia) is one of the better preserved orebodies at Kambalda. Its geochemical signature is used to investigate the …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073esting since the nickel sulphide ore bodies at Kambalda occur in a similar rock, But because of the intense isoclinal folding and accompanying strike faulting, NATURE VOL. ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Volcanic peridotite-associated Fe—Ni sulphide deposits in the Archaean Yilgarn Block of Western Australia display a strong volcanological control on the distribution of individual ore shoots. Although considerably modified by tectonism and amphibolite facies metamorphism, there are distinctive stratigraphic relationships within the host ultramafic komatiite sequence that …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Mincor Resources has achieved a major milestone at the Kambalda nickel complex in Western Australia with first development ore produced from its Northern Operations. Nickel was intersected at two …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The limited geological outcrop within the Kambalda district, when coupled with the favourable physical properties of nickel sulphides, make geophysical methods an important tool in the exploration for Archaean nickel deposits in this area. Present exploration strategy uses detailed airborne and surface magnetics in the targeting of favourable ore environments, …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Kambalda is the type location for type 1 komatiitic-hosted nickel–sulfide deposits (Lesher, 1989). The pre-mined reserve of about 35 Mt at 3% Ni (Stone and Masterman, 1998) indicates that …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073WMC Nickel Kambalda Since the 1967 start of Nickel processing in Kambalda approximately 50 million tonne of Nickel Ore has been mined, carted and processed, and we have to-date carted approximately 50% (25 Million Tonnes) of the total. WMC Stives Gold Between 1987 and 1994 we carted approximately 20 Million Tonnes of Gold Ore to the processing ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Exploration at Kambalda Nickel Operations, Western Australia, has focused on developing a repetitive robust geochemical method that can vector towards Ni–Cu–PGE sulphide deposits. One method has been developed so as to utilise element ratios in a manner which are compatible with the genetic geological exploration model for komatiite ...
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