Weipa

Past Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022564
MRDS ID DE03167
Record type Site
Current site name Weipa
Alternate or previous names Weipa Mission Peninsula, Andoom, Pesa Head Areas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 144.54695, -22.57045 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 144.54695, -22.57045

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cape York Peninsula

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLEOD, I.R., ED., 1965, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY--THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BULLETIN NO. 72, 690 P

  • Production

    MCLEOD (1965)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATERITE, FEW FT TO 30 FT THICK, 200 MI SQUARE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.