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Yangibana

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodity REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232140
MAS/MILS ID 6020550194
Record type Site
Current site name Yangibana

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 116.89936, -24.39639 (WGS84)

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
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 116.89936, -24.39639
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newmont
    Interest 60
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Rare Earths Nl
    Interest 40
    Year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 3500000mt ore
    Total resources 3500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE Y Group 1.7 wt-pct REE Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REO (RARE EARTH OXIDE)
  • OPEN PITTABLE,OXIDE ORE = 363,000 MT AT 2.61 G AU/MT. UG MINABLE ORE= 2,358,000 MT AT 7.51 G AU/MT. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UPPER GASCOYNE DISTRICT, ABOUT 300 KM ENE OF CARNARVON. HOST ROCK IS AN IRONSTONE GOSSAN FROM THE LOWER PROTEROZOIC. ROUGHLY ELLIPTICAL CARBONATITE DIKES HAVE PENETRATED GNEISSES, GRANITES, AND SYENITES. IRONSTONE GOSSANS HAVE FORMED, WHICH CONTAIN COARSE-GRAINED MONAZITE, ENRICHED IN NEODYMIUM AND EUROPIUM.
  • REF: MINING MAGAZINE, OCT 89 MONAZITE IN CARBONATITE DIKES
  • RESOURCES ARE QUOTED AS 3.5 MILLION MT OF ORE GRADING 1.7% REO, OR 59,500 MT OF REO. ASSUMING REO AS 55% OF MONAZITE, THE MONAZITE CONTENT IS 108,182 MT, OR 3.091%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, SEPT 1989, PP 13-14

  • Reserve-Resource

    E&MJ, OCT 1989, PG 11

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, OCT 1989, PG 255

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROSPECT, SUMMER 1989/90, PG 40

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JAN-1995 Wdj U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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