Barrambie Deposit

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Titanium, Iron, Vanadium
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 60000830
MRDS ID ISM0693
Record type District
Current site name Barrambie Deposit
Alternate or previous names Cove Quarry, Bay Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 119.11598, -27.41294 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 73 KM NORTH OF SANDSTONE. THE 23 KM MINERALISED ZONE IS CENTRED ON THE GHOST TOWN OF BARRAMBIE. IT IS ABOUT 460 KM ENE FROM THE PORT OF GERALDTONWA.

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
Titanium Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 119.11598, -27.41294

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description MAGMATIC INTRUSTION OF ARCHEAN METASEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1960

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner FERROVANADIUM CORPORATION N.L.
    Home office PERTH, AUSTRALIA
  • Type Operator
    Owner FERROVANADIUM CORPORATION N.L.
    Home office PERTH, AUSTRALIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.L., 1978, MOLYBDENUM, TUNGSTEN, VANADIUM AND CHROMIUM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WA, MINERAL RES. BULLETIN 11, P. 79-111 (VANADIUM).

  • Deposit

    WARD, H.J., 1980, THE BARRAMBIE VANADIFEROUS TITANOMAGNETITE COMPLEX IN PROC. OF THE 5TH QUADRENNIAL IAGOD SYMPOSIUM, STUTTGART, GERMANY, P. 731-743.

  • Deposit

    WARD, H.J., 1975, BARRAMBIE IRON-TITANIUM-VANADIUM DEPOSIT, IN C.L. KNIGHT (ED), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PART 1, METALS, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5, PUBLISHED BY AUS. IMM, P. 207-211.

  • Deposit

    FERROVANADIUM CORP. NL. 1980-83, ANNUAL REPORTS 1980-83.

Beyond USGS

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