| Deposit ID | 10232017 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 6020150027 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tomago Operations |
| Alternate or previous names | Tomago Sand Pits, Rutile and Zircon Mines Newcastle, Ltd., Rzm. |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 151.71524, -32.79631 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
New South Wales(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | New South Wales |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ilmenite | Unknown |
| Monazite | Unknown |
| Rutile | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | 151.71524, -32.79631 |
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| Thickness | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 26000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 13000HA | ||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
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| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1965 |
| Mining method | Dredging |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| Milling method | Magnetic And Electrostatic |
| District name | Hunter District |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
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| Owner | R. Z. Mines (Newcastle) Pty., Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Australia |
| Year | 1982 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Ilmenite 14949 Mt Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Zircon 42103 Mt Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Rutile 36194 Mt Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Ilmenite 14597 Mt Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Zircon 44670 Mt Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Rutile 34454 Mt Ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 13000HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 6020150027 |
THE COMPANY AND ITS PRODUCTS. RUTILE AND ZIRCON MINES
(NEWCASTLE), LIMITED, 1977.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MONAZITE IS ALSO A RECOVERABLE COMMODITY. THIS DEPOSIT ACTUALLY HAS ZIRCON AS A PRODUCT, AND NOT ZIRCONIUM. BUT SINCE ZIRCON IS NOT LISTED IN THE MAS SYSTEM A CONVERSION FACTOR OF .67 WAS USED TO CONVERT ZIRCON INTO ZIRCONIUM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-SEP-92 | Fantel, Richard J. / Kaiser, Robin C. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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