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Coates

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10025009
MRDS ID ISM0761
Record type Site
Current site name Coates
Alternate or previous names Coates Vanadium Deposit, Coates Siding Vanadium Deposit, Wundowie Vanadium Deposit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.38266, -31.74604 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT AS SHOWN ON 1:250 000 GEOLOGICAL MAP

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

  • CENTROID OF THE AREA OF THE DULUTH GABBRO HOSTING KNOWN DEPOSITS (RF3)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VANADIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Coates Gabbro;Tert
    Rock description Coates Gabbro;Tert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.38266, -31.74604
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Magnetite-Gabbro Intrusion In Granitic Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN + MGNT; AUGT + OLVN + PLGC; ORE MINERALS OCCUR AS LOCAL HIGH-GRADE SEGREGATIONS AND AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN GABBROIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1961
Year of first production 1980
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name South West

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Agnew Clough Ltd.
    Home office Perth, Australia
    First year 1970

Comments on the production information

  • NO PAST PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( MINE PLANT; PROCESSING; X; TI DEMAND). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); DEPOSITS ARE CONSIDERED A MAJOR TITANIUM RESOURCE. VANADIUM IS FEASABLE ONLY AS A BY-PRODUCT. ORE MAY ALSO BE MINED FOR RECOVERY OF DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES WHICH HAVE POTENTIAL FOR COPPER AND NICKEL. NO PRODUCTION IS PLANNED FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.L. 1978 - MOLYBDENUM, TUNGSTEN, VANADIUM AND CHROMITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 97-99.

  • Deposit

    PRATT, R. 1982 - VANADIUM IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW 1980, 1981. BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS.

  • Production

    PRATT, R 1984 RF3ORE/R

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.).
Deposit First Production Year: HNO PRODUCTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Pratt, Roger C. Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysic

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