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Moreton Island

Past Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Titanium, REE, 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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134286
MAS/MILS ID 6020350042
Record type Site
Current site name Moreton Island
Alternate or previous names Moreton Island Mdl, Moreton Island Mineral Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 153.43189, -27.02983 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 153.43189, -27.02983
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840612
  • Area 231HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 231
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Moreton Island

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mineral Deposits, Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • THE ILMENITE IS THE MOST ABUNDANT HEAVY MINERAL. HOWEVER, DUE TO LOW TIO2 CONTENT, IT IS GENERALLY UNSUITABLE FOR MARKETING.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 127969999mt ore
    Indicated 253420000mt ore
    Demonstrated 381389999mt ore
    Total resources 381389999mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 0.19 wt-pct Titanium Major 1975
    Titanium TiO2 0.42 wt-pct Titanium Major 1975
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.17 wt-pct Zirconium Major 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 302350000mt ore
    Total resources 302350000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 0.474 wt-pct Titanium Major 0
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.117 wt-pct Zirconium Major 0
    REE REE 0.0018 wt-pct REE Trace 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME SMALL TRACKS ALSO OWNED BY AMC AND DILLINGHAM. INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITS: YELLOW PATCH, BULWER, JESSIE, EASTERN LIVE DUNES, TANGALOOMA EAST, TANGALOOMA WEST, GONZALES (PARABOLIC AND FRONTAL), TELEGRAPH GULLY, STORM MTN., FIRST RIDGE, BIG SAND HILL, LITTLE SAND HILL, AND MISC. LEASES. DATA COLLECTED FROM THE QLD. DEPT. OF RES. IND., 7/90. WAS PREVIOUSLY SPLIT INTO TWO SEQ. #S BUT NOW COMBINED (0026 IS NOW DELETED).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1129HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 37486
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • AN UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF ROAD MUST BE CONSTRUCTED, IN ORDER TO BEGIN OPERATIONS AT MORETON.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MINING SEQUENCE OF THE DEPOSITS BY MDL WAS PROPOSED AS FOLLOWS: (1) EASTERN LIVE DUNE(MLA1105), (2) YELLOW PATCH (ML1049), (3) TANGALOOMA EAST AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF WEST (1109), (4) BULWER (1107), AND (5) JESSIE (A TO P831M).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND STRATEGIC PLAN", A.A.,

  • Deposit

    MCKELLAR, J.B. THE EASTERN AUSTRALIAN RUTILE PROVINCE.

  • Deposit

    MONOGRAPH NO. 5 OF THE SIR MAURICE MAWBY MEMORIAL VOLUMES

  • Deposit

    (BY A.J.M.M.), 1980.

  • Deposit

    COOK, NEVILLE C., AND SIR DAVID MUIR. COMMITTEE OF

  • Deposit

    INQUIRY REPORT ENTITLED "FUTURE LAND USE - MORETON ISLAND",

  • Deposit

    MARCH 1977.

  • Deposit

    HEATH AND PARTNERS. THE HEATH REPORT ENTITLED "MORETON

  • Deposit

    ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND STRATEGIC PLAN. A.A.,

  • Deposit

    1975.

  • Deposit

    MORLEY, I.W. BLACKSANDS. UNIV. OF QUEENSLAND,NOV. 1981.

  • Deposit

    CONNAH, T.H. BEACH SAND HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND. PUBLICATION NO. 302, QUEENSLAND DEPT. OF MINES,

  • Deposit

    1961.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, O.D. EXTRACT FROM "EXPLORATION MINING GEOLOGY"

  • Deposit

    ENTITLED "EXPLORATION FOR RUTILE AND ZIRCON DEPOSITS", ED.

  • Deposit

    BY L.J. LAWRENCE, 1965, EIGHTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND

  • Deposit

    METALLURGICAL CONGRESS.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, V.G. GENERAL STATE OF THE INDUSTRY IN

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND, 1961.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINERAL DEPOSIT LTD. MINERAL LEASES AND LEASE APPLICATIONS AND THEIR LOCATIONS ARE: ML1049 (YELLOW PATCH), MLA1105 (EASTERN DUNES AND GONZALES), MLA1106 (TELEGRAPH GULLY, FIRST RIDGE, TRIANGLE), MLA1107 (BULWER AND COWAN), MLA1109 (TANGALOOMA EAST AND WEST), MLA1110 (STORM MOUNTAIN AND ROUND HILL), AND A TO P831M (JESSIE). HOWEVER, THE MAJOR PORTION OF THEIR RESERVES ARE AT YELLOW PATCH AND TANGALOOMA EAST/WEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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