Bridge Hill Ridge

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000794
MRDS ID ISM0647
Record type District
Current site name Bridge Hill Ridge
Alternate or previous names Kateway Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 152.46523, -32.41303 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED NEAR THE TOWNSHIP OF SEAL ROCK, APPROXIMATELY 150KM N OF SIDNEY. 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
Zirconium 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 LTD.
    Interest 100
  • Type Operator
    Owner MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD.
    Interest 100

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, S. 1988, MINERAL SANDS: IN LOUTHEAN, ROSS, ED. REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1987: RESOURCE INFORMATION UNIT LTD. P. 253-260.

  • Deposit

    COFFEY AND HOLLINGSWORTH PTY. LTD. 1973, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND STATEMENT OF PROPOSED MINING OPERATIONS AT BRIDGE HILL RIDGE, N.S.W., FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD.

Beyond USGS

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