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Tomago Deposit

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024892
MRDS ID ISM0643
Record type Site
Current site name Tomago Deposit
Alternate or previous names Tomago Sandbeds, Tomago Sand Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 151.71521, -32.79631 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT COVERED BY A TO P 2850M AND A TO P 4411M, LOCATED 75 KM NORTHEAST OF ROCKHAMPTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Tomago Sandbeds
    Rock description Tomago Sandbeds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 151.71521, -32.79631
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dune, Beach

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 7M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ZRCN -+ ILMN + RUTL; AREA DOMINATED BY LARGE TRANSGRESSIVE NW-SE TRENDING DUNES, RISING TO 285M A.S.L. TWO DUNAL SYSTEMS EXIST. THE OLDER DUNES ARE STEEP-SIDED, THE YOUNGER DUNES ARE RESTRICTED TO THE EASTERN PORTION NEAR THE COAST. HEAVY MINERALS OCUR AS THIN BANDS THROUGHOUT THE DEPOSIT. AVERAGE GRADE OF HM IS 1.14%. ZIRCON CONTENT VARIES FROM 11 TO 20% OF THE SUITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Year of first production 1972
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name Newcastle District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rutile And Zircon Mines, Ltd.
    Home office Newcastle, Australia
    First year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • MINING SUCTION-CUTTER DREDGES (2X2 000 TPH), FEEDING INTO 4000 TPH CONCENTRATOR IS PROPOSED. MINING OF 600 000 TPA OF SAND IS PLANNED. NOT IN PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUME ZR GRADE OF 10% BASED ON DRILLING IN AREAS NEARBY. BY CALCULATION. COMPANY CLASSIFIES THEIR RESOURCE AS 'POSSIBLE' RESOURCE USING 0.8% HM CUT-OFF GRADE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(PROJECT IS CURRENTLY AT THE PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STAGE WITH PRODUCTION ENVISAGED IN 1994. IT WILL REQUIRE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OF TOWNSITE, ROADS, AND SUPPORT FACILITIES. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING OPTIONS ARE POSSIBLE E.G. TITANIUM SLAG.); PRELIMINARY WORK INDICATES THAT THE HM CONSIST OF 75-80% ILMN, 4-6% RUTL, 13-16% ZRCN. DETAILED DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROFTS & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD, 1983, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR MINERAL SANDS MINING IN THE TOMAGO SANDBEDS WATER SUPPLY CATCHMENT AREA, RUTILE & ZIRCON MINES (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING, 1983: PROPOSED MINERAL SANDS MINING TOMAGO SANDBEDS WATER SUPPLY CATCHMENT AREA, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.

  • Deposit

    R&Z MINES, 1977, THE COMPANY AND ITS PRODUCTS, RUTILE & ZIRCON MINES (NEWCASTLE) LTD IN MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM (MAS) DEPOSIT LISTING, US BUREAU OF MINES, TOMAGO SAND PITS.

  • Production

    NSW MINING STATISTICS NSW MINING STATISTICS SUPPLIED BY ABS AND PERS. COMM. NSW MINES DEPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). NONE DATE OF ORIGINAL: 11-MAY-88; DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Porter Lyn M. And Towner, Roy And Gray, Jonathan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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