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Wedgetail Mine, Honeymoon Well complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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Wedgetail MineMine (Planned Future Operation)
Honeymoon Well complexComplex
Lake Way StationLake
Wiluna ShireShire
Western AustraliaState
AustraliaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° 52' 57'' South , 120° 21' 15'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-26.88250,120.35420
GeoHash:
G#: qejx4dpq0
GRN:
S18E77
Type:
Mine (Planned Future Operation) - last checked 2021
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wiluna680 (2012)34.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
268145
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:268145:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Wedgetail is on the north-west margin of the complex, 1700 metre strike and 10-80 metres wide.

The deposit is estimated to contain a resource of 22.9 mt @ 1.08% Ni.

The proposed mine contains disseminated and massive sulphides, hosted by a north striking, moderately to steeply easterly dipping sequence of olivine orthocumulate and spinifex textured rocks. The primary sulphide zone contains pyrrhotite, pentlandite, pyrite and minor grains of chalcopyrite and trace gersdorffite. The massive sulphide is interlocking polygonal shaped coarse grains of pyrrhotite and pentlandite with minor pyrite. On the eastern contact is very minor low Cu ore of pentlandite and heazlewoodite.

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6 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
ⓘ Gersdorffite
Formula: NiAsS
ⓘ Heazlewoodite
Formula: Ni3S2
ⓘ Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘHeazlewoodite2.BB.05Ni3S2
ⓘPentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘGersdorffite2.EB.25NiAsS
Unclassified
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-

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References

Gole, M., Woodhouse, M. (2000) Disseminated and Massive Nickel Sulphide Deposits Honeymoon Well Complex Western Australia, (ed) Gordon Lister, Geological Research for the Exploration Industry, electronic edition, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, ISSN 1441-8142, Vol 1, Paper 2.
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