Balla Balla Deposit

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008282
MRDS ID D000293
Record type Site
Current site name Balla Balla Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.99936, -20.9966 (WGS84)

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
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.99936, -20.9966

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE LAYERS IN GABBRO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Roebourne Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMOUNT GIVEN FOR ORE RESERVES TO 15 FT. DEPTH. 6,000 SHORT TONS V RESERVES TO 15 FT. DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, W. R., 1965, VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN COMMONWEALTH MIN. AND METALL. CONG., 8TH, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, V. 1, P. 154-155

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, 1965, P. 155

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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