Bridge Hill Ridge Deposit

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities REE, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000784
MRDS ID ISM0634
Record type District
Current site name Bridge Hill Ridge Deposit
Alternate or previous names Myall Lake, Smith Lake, Kataway Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 152.46523, -32.41303 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED NEAR THE TOWNSHIP OF SEAL ROCK, APPROX 150 KM N OF SYDNEY. MUCH OF THE DEPOSIT IS WITHIN THE MYALL LAKES NATIONAL PARK.

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
REE Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 152.46523, -32.41303

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT WITH BEACH AND DUNE FORMATIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1974
Year of last production 1983

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MINERAL DEPOSITS LIMITED
  • Type Owner
    Owner STATE OF NSW
  • Type Operator
    Owner MINERAL DEPOSITS LIMITED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUST. CONSOL. PRESS, P. 218-232

  • Deposit

    COFFEY AND HOLLINGSWORTH P/L, 1974 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND STATEMENT OF PROPOSED MINING OPERATION AT BRIDGE HILL RIDGE NSW FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD MAY 1973.

  • Deposit

    BUNNING, W., 1974, REPORT SHIRE OF GREAT LAKES PROPOSED MINING OF HIGH DUNES ADJOINING THE MYALL-SMITH LAKES. APPEAL BY MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD.

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J., 1983, SAND MINING ENDS IN THE MYALL LAKES, MINING REVIEW, MAY 1983, P. 9.

Beyond USGS

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