Fraser Island

Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Zirconium, 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 60000786
MRDS ID ISM0636
Record type District
Current site name Fraser Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.11532, -25.3633 (WGS84)
Relative position FRASER ISLAND IS A 100 KM LONG ISLAND OFF MARYBOROUGH, 200 KM N OF BRISBANE. THE MAIN DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE VISINITY OF INDIAN HEAD IN THE NORTH, AND NORTH SPIT IN THE SOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.11532, -25.3633

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE - DUNE AND BEACH DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1971
Year of last production 1976

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner DILLINGHAM CONSTRUCTIONS PTY. LTD.
  • Type Owner
    Owner MURPHYORES INC. P/L (I.E. D.M. MINERALS)
  • Type Owner
    Owner QUEENSLAND TITANIUM MINES P/L
  • Type Operator
    Owner MURPHYORES INC P/L

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1976, FRASER ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL INQUIRY, FINAL REPORT PUBLISHED BY AUST. GOVT PUBLICATIONS SERVICE.

  • Deposit

    D.M. MINERALS, 1977, FRASER ISLAND CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION, D.M. MINERALS (A PARTNERSHIP OF DILLINGHAM CONSTRUCTIONS P/L AND MURPHYORES INCORP. P/L).

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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