| Deposit ID | 10256026 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 6020550053 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cape Bougainville |
| Alternate or previous names | Mitchell Plateau & Cape Bouganville |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 126.24918, -15.49704 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 360 |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Boehmite | Unknown |
| Gibbsite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | 126.24918, -15.49704 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth to top | 0.4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 8400HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1965 |
| District name | Kimberly |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alumax Bauxite Corp. |
| Interest | 50 |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mitsui |
| Interest | 45 |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nippon Steel |
| Interest | 5 |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 995000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 995000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 995000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 4000HA | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 6020550053 |
REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1980.
AMAX INC., ANNUAL REPORTS 1970 THROUGH 1979.
ANON. 1980. MITCHELL PLATEAU PROJECT, QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT
MINING JOURNAL, DEPARTMENT OF MINES, BRISBANE. AUGUST.
JOKLIK, G.F., JACKSON, W.D., ZANI, J.A. 1975. KIMBERLY
BAUXITE DEPOSITS, W.A., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN
AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MONOGRAPH 5, AUSTRALASIAN INSTI-
TUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MELBOURNE.
ALSO SEE REFERENCES OF THE MITCHELL PLATEAU DATA BASE
6020550012.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO DEPOSITS; MITCHELL PLATEAU (SEQ# 6020550012) AND CAPE BOUGANVILLE (SEQ# 6020550053) WERE COMBINED UNDER ONE EVAULATION IN 1981. FOR THE 1987 UPADTE STUDY THEY WERE EVALUATED SEPARATLY. THIS FILE CONTAINS ONLY THE CAPE BOUGANVILLE DATA BASE. CAPE BOUGAINVILLE VEGETATION: STUNTED EUCALYPTUS ON PLATEAU AND DENSE RAIN FOREST ON TALUS SLOPES. PROPERTY REVIEWED 6/92. NO INFORMATION ADDED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 29-DEC-94 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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