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Gabanintha-Yarrabudda Deposits

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
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  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 10008284
MRDS ID D000295
Record type Site
Current site name Gabanintha-Yarrabudda Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 118.7493, -26.99625 (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) 118.7493, -26.99625
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENSES OF MASSIVE TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN BASIC AND ULTRA BASIC ROCKS (JONES, 1965), (SEE ALSO RECORD FOR CHALLA INTRUSION BELT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meekathara Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TI AND V MUST BE MODERATE (RPF). GARDNER (1951) SAYS DEPOSIT NEAR GABANINTHA CROPS OUT FOR 2 MILES; CONTAINS 176,000 TONS PER FT. DEPTH; 76.1% FE OXIDES, 15.7% TIO2, 0.72% V2O3 (0.87% V2O5). JONES (1965) SAYS 20 LENSES AT GABANINTHA RANGE FROM 100 X 15 FT. TO 1370 X 36 FT. AND 11 LENSES AT YARRABUDDA RANGE 25 X 8 FT. TO 610 X 33 FT. AND AV. 1.25% V2O5; OTHER LENSES COVERED BUT FOUND BY MAGNETOMETER; GIVES 4,258,000 TONS RESERVE TO 100 FT. DEEP. W. AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES (1966) SAYS 6,300,000 TONS RESERVES, AV. 1.24-1.3% V2O5, IN G-Y DEPOSITS, EQUALS ABOUT 45,000 SHORT TONS V

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, D. E., 1951, TITANIUM (RUTILE AND ILMENITE): AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF MINES RES. GEOL. GEOPHY. SUMM. REPT. NO. 2

  • 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

    W. AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES, 1966, VANADIUM, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, P. 44

  • Deposit

    SHOWN ON METALLOGENIC MAP OF AUSTRALIA, BUR. ML. RES., GEOL. & GEOPH., DEPT. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AUSTRALIA, 1972, BULL. 145.

Reporter information

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

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