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Del Park

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107364
MRDS ID W029778
Record type Site
Current site name Del Park
Alternate or previous names Darling Range, Dwellingup

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.84933, -32.596 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Relative position 83 KM S OF PERTH, 7 KM NE OF DWELLINGUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Diaspore Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Anatase Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 35 % AL2O3
Result 31 % AL2O3 AVAILABLE
Result 20 % SIO2
Result 1.5 % SIO2 REACTIVE
Result 18 % FE2O3
Result 2 % TIO2
Result LOI=24 %

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.84933, -32.596
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S-Striking Darling Range Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKETS, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hill Slopes; Altitude Between 240 And 440 M Asl

Comments on the geologic information

  • BAUXITE DEPOSITS VON HILL SLOPES LENSES RANGE IN SIZE FROM 10,000 TO 11 MILION TONS OF ORE AVERAGE IS 1,5 TO 2 MILLION TONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alcoa Of Australia Ltd. (Subsidary Of Alcoa)

Comments on the production information

  • 4.5 MILLION TPY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES OF DELPARK AND JARRAHDALE TOGETHER ARE ESTIMATED TO 500 MILLION TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRANSPORT OF BAUXITE BY A CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM TO PINJARRA ALUMINA PLANT

Comments on development

  • ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA LTD.: ALUMINIUM CO. OF AMERICA 51 %; WESTERN MINING CORP. LTD. 20 %, NORTH BROKEN HILL LTD. 12 %; BROKEN HILL SOUTH LTD. 16.6 %;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: INTERNAL REPORT BGR, 1977

  • Deposit

    INGRAM, J.A. 1973: MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO.1. BAUXITE DEPOSITS. DEPT. OF MINERALS AND ENERGY, CANBERR

  • Production

    AUSTRALIAN MINING, SEPT. 1976 P.34

  • Reserve-Resource

    INGRAM, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS OF BAUXITE 4.5 M. OVERBURDEN 0.5 M SEVERAL OREBODIES.
Deposit LATERITES CONTAINIG BAUXITE DEPOSITS GENERALLY CONSIST OF A HARD CAP AVERAGING 1 M, UNDERLAIN BY A FRIABLE ZONE WHICH PASSES ABRUPTLY INTO DECOMPOSED BEDROCK (GRANITES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Krauss, Ulrich H. U.S. Geological Survey

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