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Barrambie Area

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 10008285
MRDS ID D000296
Record type Site
Current site name Barrambie Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 118.9993, -27.49624 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 118.9993, -27.49624
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ILMENITE-MAGNETITE LAYERS AND LENSES IN GABBRO (SEE RECORD FOR CHALLA INTRUSION BELT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blade Range District, East Murchison River Area

Comments on the production information

  • FERROVANADIUM CORP. PROPOSES A PRODUCTION TARGET OF 2,000,000 TONS ORE PER YEAR, YIELDING 9,000,000 LBS V2O5 (2,500 ST V)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE BODY 60,000 FT LONG. ITEM 1 REPRESENTS ORE RESERVES PER 100 FT. DEPTH. RESERVES REPORTED AS 37,000,000 TONS ORE AV. 0.46% V2O5. V RESOURCES MAY TOTAL 600,000 ST V

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAUSCH, B. A., 1971, VANADIUM: E & MJ, MARCH 1971, P. 113

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V. 277, NO. 7089, JULY 2, 1971, P. 9

  • Deposit

    PRATT, R., 1971, AUSTRALIAN BUR. ML. RES., GEOPH., AUSTRALIAN MINERAL IND, V. 24, NO. 1, P. 8

  • Production

    RAUSCH, 1971

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOUR., 1971

Reporter information

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

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