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Cooljarloo

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
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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. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024964
MRDS ID ISM0716
Record type Site
Current site name Cooljarloo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.33269, -30.66274 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID

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

  • 50 KM SOUTHEAST OF JURIEN AND ABOUT 170KM NORTH OF PERTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZIRCONIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.33269, -30.66274
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Munbinea Shoreline - Beach And Dune Deposits

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NONE; ILMN + ZRCN + RUTL + LCXN + MNZT (+QRTZ); THREE DISTINCT SUB-PARALLEL LINES OF MINERALIZATION UP TO 900M APART: WESTERN - 30-100M WIDE, DOWN TO 30M; MIDDLE -9M OF MINERALIZED SAND, 7-10M BARREN, THEN BELOW UP TO 10M MINERALIZED SAND, 40-120M WIDE, 5KM LONG; EASTERN - 10M OF MINERALIZED SAND, 7-8M LONG, UP TO 250M WIDE. THE DEPOSITS HAVE ACCUMULATED IN TRENCHES CUT IN THE YARRAGADEE FORMATION AND CONTAIN UP TO 20% H.M. TOTAL LENGTH OF DEPOSIT IS 18KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1971

Mining district

District name Southwest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tio2 Corp. N L. (100.00% Owned By Minproc Holdings Ltd.)

Comments on the production information

  • EXPECTED ZRCN CAPACITY FROM DRY PLANTS AT MUCHEA IS 42700 T/YR. TO BEGIN IN 1989 USING 1700 TPH DREDGE.NO PRODUCTION NONE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 18236000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zirconium Zr 9.7 wt-pct Zirconium Major 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED BY BMR, PROVEN RESERVES, QUOTED IN AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW, 19 JULY, 1988. PROVEN RESERVES, POSSIBLE RESERVES; QUOTED IN AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW, 19 JULY 1988. POSSIBLE RESERVES.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(FIRST PHASE OF MINING INVOLVES A SINGLE SUCTION DREDGE WORKING THE UPPER LEVEL STRANDLINES FOR THE FIRST 2-5 YRS, FOLLOWED BY THE MINING THE LARGE MID-LEVEL DEPOSITS OVER A PERIOD OF 12-13 YEARS. TOTAL MINE LIFE IS ESTIMATED AT 30YRS.); DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY/ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW & MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME SUBMITTED TO WA STATE GOVERNMENT IN NOVEMBER 1987 FOR APPROVAL. MINE PLANS AND DESIGN OF MINE PLANT DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER J.L., 1977, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, P77-80.

  • Deposit

    BELL, S., 1988, MINERAL SANDS: IN LOUTHEAN, ROSS, ED. REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1987: RESOURCE INFORMATION UNIT LTD. P. 253-260.

  • Deposit

    MAUNSELL AND PARTNERS PTY. LTD., 1987, TIO2 CORPORATION NL--COOLJARLOO MINERAL SANDS PROJECT: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY/ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW & MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME. 136P.

  • Deposit

    TIO2 CORPORATION NL, 1985, PROSPECTUS: WEST PEARTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUGUST 1985 56P

  • Deposit

    TOWNER, R., 1987, TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM AND RARE EARTH METALS PREPRINT: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW FOR 1986: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING SERVICE, P. 1-9.

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 2.00M NONE DATE OF ORIGINAL: 09-FEB-89; DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Fortowski, Dennis B. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Towner, Roy R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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