Andover Deposit

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, 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 10008283
MRDS ID D000294
Record type Site
Current site name Andover Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 116.99938, -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
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 116.99938, -20.9966

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE LENSES IN MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Roe Bourne Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMOUNT GIVEN FOR ORE RESERVE TO 75 FT. DEPTH. V RESOURCES SMALL (ABOUT 15,000 SHORT TONS V TO 75 FT. DEPTH)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONNOLLY, R. R., 1959, IRON ORES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA: WESTERN AUSTRALIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 7, P. 101

  • Deposit

    SHOWN ON METALLOGENIC MAP OF AUSTRALIA, BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS, DEPT. OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AUSTRALIA, BULL. 145, 1972.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PERCENTAGES FOR FE AND TIO2 (CONNOLLY, 1959); FOR V2O5 (JONES, 1965, P. 155)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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