Marion Lake

Producer in South Australia, Australia with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023853
MRDS ID I005011
Record type Site
Current site name Marion Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 136.91545, -35.21276 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia South Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 136.91545, -35.21276

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stenhouse Bay

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Waratah Gypsum Party, Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Period 1905-1973
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^91-92% Gyp
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gypsum-Anhydrite Gypsum-Anhydrite 32wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gypsum-Anhydrite Gyp 91 wt-pct Gypsum-Anhydrite Major 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLLIVER, J.G., AND WARREN, J.K., 1979, STENHOUSE BAY GYPSUM DEPOSITS; CORE SAMPLING OF SNOW LAKE AND SPIDER LAKE: SOUTH AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES REVIEW 145, P. 11-21

  • Production

    OLLIVER AND WARREN, 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS PART OF THE STENHOUSE BAY GYPSUM DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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