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North Stradbroke Island, Australia

Prospect in Queensland, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079643
MRDS ID W029697
Record type Site
Current site name North Stradbroke Island, Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.89858, -27.49651 (WGS84)
Elevation 65
Relative position ABOUT 40 KM FROM BRISBANE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Comments on the location information

  • THE DRY PLANT IS LOCATED AT MEEANDAH ON THE BRISBANE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result DISTRIBUTION OF HEAVY MINERAL IN THE DUNES VARIES, ALTHOUGH GENERALY ABOVE 2 PER CENT IN THE DEPOSIT. CONSOLIDATED RUTILE IS PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THE 20 PER CENT RUTILE AND 18 PER CENT ZIRCON CONTENT OF THE HEAVY MINERAL, ALTHOUGH ILMENITE AND MONAZITE ARE BEING STOCKPILED.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.89858, -27.49651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PARABOLIC DUNES, HIGH DUNE SYSTEM

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OCCURRENSE OF HEAVY MINERAL IN THE PARABOLIC DUNE SYSTEMS IS BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO THE BREACHING OF OLD BEACH RIDGES AND DUNES. BREACHING OF THESE FORMATIONS BY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS DISTRIBUTED THEIR RELATIVELY HIGH HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATION OVER LARGE AREAS OF THE DVELOPING HIGH DUNE SYSTEM, FORMING THE PRESENT DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Rutile Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Mineral Securities Australia Group; Subsidiary Of Cudgen R. Z. Ltd. (50.1 %)
    First year 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 5&6) NET ORE RESERVES, PROVED AND PROBABLE.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE LIFE WILL BE IN EXCESS OF TEN YEARS AT A PLANT CAPACITY OF 1,800 TONNE/HOUR; WET AND DRY TREATMENTS. PROCESSING PLANT AT MEEANDAH/BRISBANE (M.B.M. 1/78) CONSOLIDATED RUTILE IS TO SPEND A$ 14 MILLION ON A PROJECT TO REPLACE ITS EXISTING DRY MINING MINERAL SANDS OPERATIONS WITH A DREDGING OPERATION. SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1978.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,2-75, P.80

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,6-77, P.512

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,4-1972

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY-1974, 1975 REVIEW

  • Production

    JOBSON'S 1976/77 MINING YEARBOOK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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