Cape Bougainville

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Aluminum
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  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 10256026
MAS/MILS ID 6020550053
Record type Site
Current site name Cape Bougainville
Alternate or previous names Mitchell Plateau & Cape Bouganville

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 126.24918, -15.49704 (WGS84)
Elevation 360
Location accuracy 5000(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) 126.24918, -15.49704

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.2M
    Depth to top 0.4M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .4
    Date of Last Modification 900807
  • Area 8400HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8400
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • BAUXITIZATION=TYPE OF ALTERATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1965

Mining district

District name Kimberly

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Comments on the ownership information

  • CAPE BOUGAINVILLE DEPOSITS PROTECTED BY 135 MINERAL CLAIMS (85 SQUARE KM.).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Indicated 995000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 995000000mt ore
    Total resources 995000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 36 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. TOTAL RESERVES/RESOURCES FOR THE CAPE BOUGANBILLE EXPLORED PROSPECT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4000HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .4
    Year of Information 1987

Comments on other economic factors

  • NO TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THERE IS NONE IN PLACE. PROBABLE HAULAGE IS RAIL TO SHIPPING POINT PROBABLY AT THE PORT OF WARRENDER.
  • COST AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO MITCHELL PLATEAU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1980.

  • Deposit

    AMAX INC., ANNUAL REPORTS 1970 THROUGH 1979.

  • Deposit

    ANON. 1980. MITCHELL PLATEAU PROJECT, QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, DEPARTMENT OF MINES, BRISBANE. AUGUST.

  • Deposit

    JOKLIK, G.F., JACKSON, W.D., ZANI, J.A. 1975. KIMBERLY

  • Deposit

    BAUXITE DEPOSITS, W.A., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN

  • Deposit

    AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MONOGRAPH 5, AUSTRALASIAN INSTI-

  • Deposit

    TUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MELBOURNE.

  • Deposit

    ALSO SEE REFERENCES OF THE MITCHELL PLATEAU DATA BASE

  • Deposit

    6020550012.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-DEC-94 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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