1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Evans Head

Past Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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 10255854
MAS/MILS ID 6020150030
Record type Site
Current site name Evans Head
Alternate or previous names Bandjalung Nat Park Gl 10, High Dunes, Amc Tails, Richmond River, R.A.A.F. Range, Broadwater, Jerusalem Creek Area

Comments on the site names

  • INCLUDED JERUSALEM CREEK ON ORIGINAL CONTRACT LIST. CALLED SO.CAPEL BY MISTAKE ON ORIGINAL KAISER LIST.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 153.41527, -29.17974 (WGS84)
Elevation 5

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 153.41527, -29.17974
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 10M
    Width 600M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Minimum Depth to Top .5
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Date of Last Modification 840531

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASED ON PREVIOUS OPERATING DATA ON JERUSALEM CREEK, THE ANTICIPATED BREAKDOWN BY PERCENTAGES OF A HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE IS AS FOLLOWS: RUTILE 30%, ZIRCON 30%, ILMENITE 10%, OTHER HM 10%, GANGUE 10%.
  • THE MAJOR ORE MINERALS ARE RUTILE AND ZIRCON. THERE IS ALSO A PROBABILITY OF STOCKPILING THE ILMENITE, IF CLEAN, FOR EVENTUAL ODD LOT SALES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1955
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Bandjalung

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New South Wales
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • THE YEAR OF DISCOVERY IS THAT FOR GOLD AND PLATINUM MIN- ING. TITANIUM WAS NOT MINED UNTIL MUCH LATER. HOWEVER, AN EXACT DATE FOR INITIAL PRODUCTION AT EVANS HEAD IS NOT KNOWN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 44370000mt ore
    Total resources 44370000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 0.75 wt-pct Titanium Major 1990
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.39 wt-pct Zirconium Trace 1990

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 3500HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 11346
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.28
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • K1 IS ACTUALLY A WET CONCENTRATOR ATTACHED TO THE DREDGE, AND A DRY CONCENTRATOR AT WOODBURN, ABOUT 5 KM AWAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINARD, K. CONTRIBUTION BY NICHOLSON, D.A. THE MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH

  • Deposit

    WALES. ED. BY H. BASDEN, 1974, PP. 615-616.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING SERVICE. AUSTRALIA'S

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES: MINERAL SANDS. AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF

  • Deposit

    TRADE AND RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    ROBSON, D.F., AND N. SAMPATH. GEOPHYSICAL RESPONSE OF HEAVY

  • Deposit

    MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS AT JERUSALEM CREEK, NEW SOUTH WALES.

  • Deposit

    BMR JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS, PP. 149-154.

  • Deposit

    THE MINERAL SANDS PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION. A CASE FOR

  • Deposit

    REAPPRAISAL OF POLICIES. THE MINERAL SANDS MINING INDUSTRY

  • Deposit

    IN NEW SOUTH WALES. OCTOBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    SHEPHERD, CHAEL S. ORE RESERVES IN MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    THE AUS. I.M.M. SYDNEY BRANCH. ESTIMATION AND STATEMENT OF

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESERVES, OCTOBER 1979. PP. 167-173.

  • Deposit

    MORLEY, I.W. BLACK SANDS. UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

  • Deposit

    PRESS, 1981, PP. 100-105.

  • Deposit

    DIAGRAM OF INTERCOMPANY RELATIONSHIPS.

  • Deposit

    THE NATIONAL PARKS JOURNAL. VOL. 21, NO. 5, JULY/AUG.

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 14.

Comments on the references

  • SINCE THE BEACHES HAVE HIGH AESTHETIC VALUE, THERE IS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ENTIRE EVANS HEAD DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 3 MAIN AREAS OF MINERALIZED ZONES. THE EVANS WEST DEPOSIT (BANDJALUNG NAT. PARK, GL 10), RICHMOND RIVER, AND ANOTHER MINERALIZED ZONE (AT LEAST TWO BEACHES) IN THE R.A.A.F. BOMBING RANGE. THE BROADWATER NAT. PK. AND SOME SMALLER PRIVATELY HELD LEASES NORTH OF EVANS HEAD ARE CONSIDERED TOO SMALL TO BE ECONOMIC. NO ACTUAL WALLROCK ALTERATION IS DOCUMENTED OR OBSERVED, AS THE MINERALIZED ZONES ARE LOCATED UNDER A SLIGHT OVERBURDEN OF SAND. SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION TO MINING DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, KAISER ENGINEERS HAVE PROPOSED A 1984 STARTUP DATE AT EVANS HEAD.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site