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Radio Hill Mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australiai
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Radio Hill MineMine (Active)
Karratha- not defined -
City of KarrathaShire
Western AustraliaState
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Radio Hill Processing Plant

Radio Hill Mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
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Chalcopyrite

Radio Hill Mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
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Radio Hill Processing Plant

Radio Hill Mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
09712900017272045372346.jpg
Chalcopyrite

Radio Hill Mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
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Radio Hill Processing Plant

Radio Hill Mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
09712900017272045372346.jpg
Chalcopyrite

Radio Hill Mine, Karratha, City of Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
20° 59' 5'' South , 116° 51' 43'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-20.98492,116.86204
GRN:
S14E78
Type:
Mine (Active) - last checked 2025
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Millars Well2,197 (2014)27.4km
Nickol4,289 (2014)27.5km
Karratha11,728 (2011)27.5km
Roebourne2,112 (2013)37.8km
Dampier1,369 (2014)39.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
19282
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:19282:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Radio Hill prospect; Radio Hill Nickel Mine


An underground nickel-copper-cobalt mine.

A nickel-copper-cobalt & PGE deposit owned by Agip Australia Pty., Ltd. joint venture with Whim Creek Consolidated NL (Australia).

Purchased by Artemis Resources December 2016.

In excess of 1 million tons of reserves (1984).

Located 35 kilometres south of Karratha. Can be seen west from the Karratha-Tom Price Road at the base of Radio Hill which has a satellite dish on its summit. Deposit discovered in the early 1970's. Mined by Fox Resources 2004-2008.

Mineralisation is patchy blebs of medium grained disseminated to matrix sulphides in the basal peridotite to olivine pyroxenite. Pyrrhotite, with sub-ordinate pentlandite, and chalcopyrite, forming lobate aggregates up to 12% volume of the Ultramafic host. Pyrrhotite forms layers up to 20 metres thick, 8 metres above the basal contact of an intrusion.

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3 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Σ9S8
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘPyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Unclassified
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-

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References

Marston, R. J. (1984) Nickel mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14. Geological Survey of Western Australia
US Bureau of Mines (1990) Minerals Today (Jan 1990) 30.


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