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Mt Keith
Western Australia, WA, Australia
Main commodities: Ni




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2012.     Record last updated: 03/07/2013
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Mt Keith

    Selected References
Barnes S J,  2007 - Cotectic Precipitation of Olivine and Sulfide Liquid from Komatiite Magma and the Origin of Komatiite-Hosted Disseminated Nickel Sulfide Mineralization at Mount Keith and Yakabindie, Western Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v102 pp 299-304
Begg, G.C., Hronsky, J.A.M., Arndt, N.T., Griffin, W.L., O Reilly, S.Y. and Hayward, N.,  2010 - Lithospheric, Cratonic, and Geodynamic Setting of Ni-Cu-PGE Sulfide Deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v.105, pp. 1057-1070.
Burt D R L, Sheppy N R  1975 - Mount Keith Nickel Sulphide deposit: in Knight C L, (Ed.), 1975 Economic Geology of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 5 pp 159-168
Fiorentini, M., Beresford, S., Barley, M., Duuring, P., Bekker, A., Rosengren, N., Cas, R. and Hronsky, J.,  2012 - District to Camp Controls on the Genesis of Komatiite-Hosted Nickel Sulfide Deposits, Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia: Insights from the Multiple Sulfur Isotopes : in    Econ. Geol.   v.107, pp. 781-796.
Fiorentini, M.L., Rosengren, N., Beresford, S.W., Grguric, B. and Barley, M.E.,  2007 - Controls on the emplacement and genesis of the MKD5 and Sarahs Find Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, Mount Keith, Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia : in    Mineralium Deposita   v.42, pp. 847-877.
Gole M J, Robertson J and Barnes S J,  2013 - Extrusive Origin and Structural Modification of the Komatiitic Mount Keith Ultramafic Unit: in    Econ. Geol.   v.108 pp. 1731-1752
Hayman, P.C., Thebaud, N., Pawley, M.J., Barnes, S.J., Cas, R.A.F., Amelin, Y., Sapkota, J., Squire, R.J., Campbell, I.H. and Pegg, I.,  2015 - Evolution of a ∼2.7 Ga large igneous province: A volcanological, geochemical and geochronological study of the Agnew Greenstone Belt, and new regional correlations for the Kalgoorlie Terrane (Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia): in    Precambrian Research   v.270, pp. 334-368.
Hills R E T, Barnes S J, Gole M J, Dowling S E  1990 - Komatiites in the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt (Extracts for OzTour 99 Compilation): in   Physical Volcanology of Komatiites, A Field Guide to the Komatiites of the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Eastern Goldfields Province, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia GSA (WA Division), Perth   Excursion Guide Book No. 1 pp 36-42, 67-76
Hopf S, Head D L  1998 - Mount Keith Nickel Deposit: in Berkman D A, Mackenzie D H (Ed.s), 1998 Geology of Australian & Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 22 pp 307-314
Le Vaillant, M., Saleem, A., Barnes, S.J., Fiorentini, M.L., Miller, J., Beresford, S. and Perring, C.,  2016 - Hydrothermal remobilisation around a deformed and remobilised komatiite-hosted Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit, Sarahs Find, Agnew Wiluna greenstone belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.51, pp. 369-388
Libby J W, Stockman P R, Langworthy P J  1997 - Nickel Mineralisation and Geology in the Perseverance-Mount Keith Segment of the Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt: in    AGSO Record 1997/41    pp 97-101
Naldrett A J  1999 - World Class Ni-Cu-PGE Deposits: Key Factors in their Genesis: in    Mineralium Deposita   v34 pp 227-240
Perring, C.S., Rieuwers, M.T., Westernm E.E., Menicheli, M.M., Greenwood, W,F. and Gole, M.J.,  2017 - Nickel deposits of the Mount Keith and Leinster regions, Agnew-Wiluna Belt: in Phillips, G.N., (Ed.), 2017 Australian Ore Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy   Mono 32 pp. 127-132.
Rosengren N M, Beresford S W, Grguric B A and Cas R A F  2005 - An Intrusive Origin for the Komatiitic Dunite-Hosted Mount Keith Disseminated Nickel Sulphide Deposit, Western Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v100 pp 149-156
Rosengren N M, Cas R A F, Beresford S W and Palich B M,  2008 - Reconstruction of an extensive Archaean dacitic submarine volcanic complex associated with the komatiite-hosted Mt Keith nickel deposit, Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: in    Precambrian Research   v161 pp 34-52
Rosengren N M, Grguric B A, Beresford S W, Fiorentini M L and Cas R A F,  2007 - Internal stratigraphic architecture of the komatiitic dunite-hosted MKD5 disseminated nickel sulfide deposit, Mount Keith Domain, Agnew-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, Western Australia : in    Mineralium Deposita   v42 pp 821-845
Virnes, A.B., Fiorentini, M.L., Barnes, S.J., Caruso, S., Martin, L.A.J., Aleshin, M., Schoneveld, L.E., Roberts, M.P., Masurel, Q. and Thebaud, N.,  2023 - Decoupling of Sulfur Isotope Signatures from Platinum Group Elements in Komatiite-Hosted Ore Systems: Evidence from the Mount Keith MKD5 Ni-(Co-Cu) Deposit, Western Australia: in    Econ. Geol.   v.118, pp. 1813-1834. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.5030.


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