Murrin Murrin 6 Ni Mine, Murrin Murrin Ni-Co Mine (Anaconda Nickel mine), Laverton Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Murrin Murrin 6 Ni Mine | Mine |
| Murrin Murrin Ni-Co Mine (Anaconda Nickel mine) | Mine |
| Laverton Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° 56' 58'' South , 121° 47' 11'' East
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Leonora | 532 (2012) | 44.9km |
At last count there were 32 pits between the processing plant and highway at the main Murrin Murrin mine site. All are shallow, irregular shaped, in green smectite clays and in a confined area mainly north of the highway. The pits represent nickel rich patches identified. The number of pits continues to multiply each year. The mine is the third largest nickel-cobalt mine in the world. The pits appear to be numbered. For what its worth the writer decided not to list all 32 pits on Mindat, when little information can be provided beyond the main article for the mine.
However a satellite operation called Murrin Murrin 6 is taking place 12 kilometres to the south. Two pits are just north of the Minara station homestead. A further six pits at the time of writing was some 8 kilometres south of the Minara station homestead, on or near the old Anaconda copper mine workings (since identified as a VMS deposit). As to what is being extracted is uncertain, but the pits are in exactly the same format and with green smectite clays as the main mine site.
Commodity List
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- West Australian Craton
- Eastern Yilgarn CratonCraton
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