Capel South

Plant in Western Australia, Australia with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281523
MAS/MILS ID 6020550046
Record type Site
Current site name Capel South
Alternate or previous names Capel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 115.53263, -33.59597 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(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
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 115.53263, -33.59597

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1956
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Dry
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Comments on the production information

  • LUDLOW IS PRODUCING 30-50% BELOW CAPACITY IN 1992, DUE TO WEAK MARKET CONDITIONS. *HAS TWO SYNTHETIC RUTILE PLANTS: 45,000 TPY AND 15,000 TPY SR IN 1992 ONLY 45,000 TPY PLANT IN PRODUCTION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Demonstrated 30000000mt ore
    Total resources 30000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 6.24 wt-pct Titanium Major 1990
    Zirconium ZrO2 1 wt-pct Zirconium Minor 1990
    REE Y Group 0.02 wt-pct REE Trace 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SITE VISITED, 6/90, AS WELL AS HEADQUARTERS IN PERTH. CURRENT OWNERSHIP IS AMC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    *CONVERSATION WITH AERT DRIESSEN, BUREAU OF RESOURCE SCIENCE

  • Production

    12/13/92.

  • Deposit

    AMC MINERAL SANDS LTD INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE 1989

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.J. PEFR AND TRIP NOTES 1992

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-1994 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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