Bauxite-Australia

Prospect in Australia with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097403
MRDS ID W001905
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite-Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.116, -32.16269 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GEN. REF. F1, P. 26

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Corundum Gangue
Diaspore Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIO2-5.9 18.2%, AL2O3 39.5-48.48%, FE2O3-7.14-26.89%, TIO2-.9-3.1%, H20 1.04-25.95%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.116, -32.16269

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Peneplain

Ore body information

  • General form BEDS, POCKETS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 321860M
    Width 40232.5M
    Depth to top 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BAUXITE OVERLIES GRANITE-GNEISS, NOT DERIVED FROM IT; PROBABLY DERIVED FROM FELDSPATHIC SEDIMENTS BY WEATHERING ; MINERALIZATION BETWEEN CRETACEOUS AND MIOCENE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1963

Mining district

District name Darling Ranges/Jarrahdale

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Aluminium N. L.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, 1965, ALUMINIUM,(EXTRACT FROM AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS), BULL. NO. 72, 29 P., ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    GOURLAY, A.J., 1971, ALUMINIUM, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS, CANBERRA, 1970 REVIEW, P. 49-59.

  • Deposit

    GRUBB, P.L.C., 1971, MINERALOGICAL ANOMALIES IN THE DARLING RANGES BAUXITES OF JARRAHDALE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 7, P. 1005-1016, ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    GRUBB, P.L.C., 1966, SOME ASPECTS OF LATERITISATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ROY. SOC WEST. AUSTRAL., J., V. 49, PT. 4, P. 117-124, ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    4) GRUBB, P.L.C., 1965, FUSED LATERITE IN A CALDERA NEAR SKIPTON, WESTERN VICTORIA, PROC. ROY. SOC. VICTORIA, VOL. 78, PART 2, P. 197-199.

  • Deposit

    4) CAMPANA, B., AND COCQUIO, S., 1970, THE DISCOVERY AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF AUSTRALIAN BAUXITES; THE CHITTERING PROJECT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: VER. SCHWEIZ. PETROL.-GEOL. ING. BULL., V. 36, NO. 90, P. 1-31(INCL. ENGL., GER., ITAL. SUM.), ILLUS.(INCL. COLORED GEOL. MAP 1:800,000).

  • Deposit

    4) COGHILL, IAN, 1972, AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL WEALTH: SORETT PUBLISHING CO., MELBOURNE, 208 P.

  • Deposit

    4) TERRILL, S.E., 1950, NOTES ON LATERITE IN THE DARLING RANGE NEAR PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ROYAL SOC. WESTERN AUSTRALIA JOUR., V. 34, P. 105-110.

  • Deposit

    4) TOMICH, S.A., 1964, BAUXITE IN THE DARLING RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALASIAN INST. MINING AND METALLURGY PROC., NO. 212, P. 125-135.

  • Production

    GEN REF F2, P.50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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