What is this layer?
Nickel mineralization sites (Ni_SITES field) from the MSA MINEDEX DERIVED dataset were combined with the MINEDEX Sites.csv dataset (downloadable from DASC) to obtain information on mineralization style (MineralizationStyle field) for nickel in Western Australia. Mineralization style was summarized into the following groups: regolith, mafic and ultramafic-layered mafic intrusions, mafic and ultramafic-komatiitic or dunitic, mafic and ultramafic-undivided, others and unclassified. Data were extracted on 6 June 2023.
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Description |
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Regolith |
Mineralization styles classified as regolith – alluvial to beach placers, regolith – residual and supergene, and regolith – residual to eluvial placers |
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Mafic and ultramafic-layered mafic intrusions |
Mineralization styles classified as orthomagmatic mafic and ultramafic-layered mafic intrusions |
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Mafic and ultramafic-komatiitic or dunitic |
Mineralization styles classified as orthomagmatic mafic and ultramafic-komatiitic or dunitic |
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Mafic and ultramafic-undivided |
Mineralization styles classified as orthomagmatic mafic and ultramafic-undivided |
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Others |
Mineralization styles classified as vein and hydrothermal-undivided, carbonatite and alkaline igneous intrusions, stratabound sedimentary – carbonate-hosted, stratabound sedimentary – clastic-hosted, stratabound sedimentary-undivided, stratabound volcanic and sedimentary-undivided, stratabound volcanic and sedimentary – volcanic-hosted sulfide |
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Unclassified |
Mineralization style classified as unknown/unassigned |