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Huntly

Plant 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231672
MAS/MILS ID 6020550029
Record type Site
Current site name Huntly
Alternate or previous names Huntly-Del Park

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 116.01603, -32.6627 (WGS84)
Elevation 300
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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
Boehmite Unknown
Gibbsite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 116.01603, -32.6627
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.5M
    Depth to top 0.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 900822

Comments on the geologic information

  • INDIVIDUAL ORE BODIES RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1 TO 25 HECTARES. STRIKE AND DIP: N00E:07W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1957
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1971
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Crush
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Darling Range

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alcoa Of Australia Ltd. (Subsidary Of Alcoa)
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alcoa - Aluminum Co. Of America
    Interest 51
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining
    Interest 42.5
    Year 1988
  • Type Owner
    Owner Others
    Interest 6.5
    Year 1988

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Description Bauxite Ore 1138275 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 1138275mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Bauxite Ore 1829201 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 1829201mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Bauxite Ore 2747226 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 2747226mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Bauxite Ore 3672654 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 3672654mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Bauxite Ore 6803495 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 6803495mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Bauxite Ore 7376661 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 7376661mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Bauxite Ore 725581 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 725581mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Bauxite Ore 7890622 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 7890622mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Bauxite Ore 7260979 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 7260979mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Bauxite Ore 7546440 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 7546440mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Bauxite Ore 7180669 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 7180669mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Bauxite Ore 8598086 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 8598086mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Bauxite Ore 9559699 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 9559699mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Bauxite Ore 8735729 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 8735729mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Bauxite Ore 9950727 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 9950727mt
  • Year 1992
    Description Bauxite Ore Production 11800000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 1180000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QM1C1=QM9C1; QMATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 EQUALS QMATRIX 9 COULMN 1 THIS IS GOLDERS 1981 RESERVE/RESOURCE ESTIMATE FROM 1981 CONTRACT. QM1C2=QM9C2; THIS IS ANOTHER 1981 RESERVE/RESOURCE ESTIMATE QM1C3=QM9C3; A 1986 RESERVE/RESOURCE ESTIMATE. QM1C4=QM9C4; THIS IS THE 1987 UP DATE STUDY RESERVE/ RESOURCE EATIMATE.
  • DELPARK MINE CLOSED IN 1992.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 40598
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 234
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1987

Comments on other economic factors

  • ALUMINA FROM PINJARRAH REFINERY SUPPLIES ALCOA SMELTER AT POINT HENRY, VICTORIA OR IS SHIPPED TO JAPAN AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1976, ALCOA USED

  • Reserve-Resource

    PORTABLE CRUSHERS AT NEW MINING SITE IN WESTERN

  • Reserve-Resource

    AUSTRALIA, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA LTD., ANNUAL REPORTS 1975-1979.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, R.C., 1980, WESTERN MINING CORP. HOLDINGS LTD.,

  • Deposit

    POTTER PARTNERS, MELBOURNE.

  • Deposit

    THE AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, PP. 148 TO 150.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1968, MINING COMPANIES: BAUXITE,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 119, NO. 3, P. 175.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEAR BOOK, 1971, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF AUSTRALIA,

  • Deposit

    P. 107.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS,

  • Deposit

    MINERAL ECONOMICS SECTION, 1977, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES: CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, VOL. 29, NO. 3-4,

  • Deposit

    P. 86-91.

  • Deposit

    ALCOA OF AUSTRALIA LTD., 1978, WAGERUP ALUMINA PROJECT,

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND MANAGEMENT PRORRAMME.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, G.F.U., 1975, DARLING RANGE BAUXITE DEPOSITS, W.A.,

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA:

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY,

  • Deposit

    MELBOURNE.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, S.R., 1973, BAUXITE MINING WITH A MOBILE CRUSHER AND

  • Deposit

    OVERLAND CONVEYORS AT PINJARRA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA:

  • Deposit

    WESTERN AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE 1973, THE AUSTRALASIAN

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY, MELBOURNE.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, REX. DEL PARK BAUXITE PROJECT, MINING MAGAZINE, OCT

  • Deposit

    1972, PP.351, 353,355.

  • Deposit

    ERICKSON, 1976, PRINCIPAL BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWEST

  • Deposit

    PACIFIC REGION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    INGRAM, J.A., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 1, BAUXITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, 2ND EDITION, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    KIRKE, E. A., ALUMINA FROM DARLING RANGE BAUXITE, THE AUS.

  • Deposit

    I.M.M. CONFERENCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MAY 1973, PP. 553

  • Deposit

    TO 564.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1979, INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF MINING, P 248.

  • Deposit

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, BAUXITE AND ALUMINA,

  • Deposit

    "AUSTRALIA CASHES IN ON WORLD SHORTAGE", P. 79 TO 92.

  • Deposit

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1987, BAUXITE-ALUMINA, P 312.

  • Deposit

    MINING MONTHLY, APRIL 1986, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, SEPT. 1 - 14, 1980, P 20, 21, 25.

  • Deposit

    THE MINER NEWSPAPER, MAY 25 TO JUNE 7, 1981, P 8.

  • Deposit

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, P. 247 (1993-94).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS LOCATED IN DARLING RANGES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. LOCATION IN MILS DATA SET IS FOR HUNTLY MINE. DEL PARK MINE IS LOCATED AT S324100; E1160200. NEARBY MINES INCLUDE JARRAHDALE AND MT. WILLIAM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-1995 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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