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Waroona Deposit

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024955
MRDS ID ISM0707
Record type Site
Current site name Waroona Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.916, -32.82932 (WGS84)
Relative position OREBODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE BORDER OF PIAVI STATE, 100 KM NW OF SALVADOR. OCCURS IN SMALL MOUNTAIN RANGE CALLED SERRA DOIS IRMAOS. COMPOSED OF 10 INDIVIDUAL SUB-DEPOSITS.
  • 2 KM EAST OF TOWNSHIP AT THE FOOT OF DARLING SCARP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.916, -32.82932
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waroona Shoreline, Beach And Dunes

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN + LCXN + HMTT + MGNT + RUTL (+ PRXN + FLDP); ILMENITE AND LEUCOXENE MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDIZED ZONE OF GABBRO INTRUSION WITHIN SCHISTS OF PRECAMBRIAN BRAZILIAN SHIELD. COMPOSED OF 10 INDIVIDUAL SUB-DEPOSITS WHICH OCCUR AS MASSIVE, BANDED ORES IN LENSE-SHAPED HILLS UP TO 100 M WIDE AND 1000 M LONG. ORE CONTAINS AVERAGE 20% TIO2 AND 0.6% V2O5.
  • ; ILMN + ZRCN + LCXN + MNZT (+ QRTZ); DEPOSIT SITUATED 56 AND 65 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL; CONSISTS OF BASAL CONGLOMERATE AND CLAYEY MATERIAL (WEATHERED GRANITE), OVERLAIN BY UP TO 9 M OF DUNE SAND WITH UP TO ABOUT 60% HM. IT IS CAPPED BY A YELLOW, WELL SORTED DUNE SAND (UP TO 15% HM).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1985
Year of last production 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cable Sands Pty Ltd. (Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Kathleen Investments (Aust) Ltd)

Comments on the production information

  • NONE NONE
  • PRODUCTION TO COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER 1985.PRODUCTION EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN SEPTEMBER 1985.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REFERS TO ESTIMATED RESERVES THE EVENTUAL FIGURE FOR INFERRED RESERVES COULD REACH 500 MILLION TONS (RF2).BEURLEN, H. & CASSEDANNE, J.P., 1981, THE BRAZILIAN MINERAL RESOURCES: EARTH SCIENCE REVIEWS NO. 17; ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING COMPANY.ANON 1979, BRAZIL, TITANIUM FIND; MINING JOURNAL AUG 24, 1979, P. 146.FANTEL, R.J., ET AL, (1984), AVAILABILITY OF TITANIUM MINERALS - WORLD. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL, (DRAFT REPORT), P. 65-69.
  • NO COMPANY INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); ASSESSMENT(FINLANDS OUTOKUMPU WAS REPORTED TO BE SHOWING GREAT INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VANADIUM RESERVES (MINING JOURNAL 1979). HOWEVER NO DEVELOPMENT HAS YET OCCURRED OR IS PLANNED (FANTEL, 84).); IF DEVELOPMENT EVER OCCURS THE LIKELY PRODUCT WOULD BE A TI SLAG. ?
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). HEAVY MINERAL FRACTION CONSISTS OF: ILMN 80%, ZRCN 4-5%, LCXN 1-3%. ILMN CONTAINS 56.2-57.1% TIO2 ?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.L., 1977, DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH WESTERN AREA, IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 10, P.37-60

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.). N ?
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.). SURFACE ? NO
Deposit Discovery Year: EXPLORED IN MID-LATE 70'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Towner, Roy R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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