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Southern Cross

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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008286
MRDS ID D000297
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Cross

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 118.99927, -31.49606 (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) 118.99927, -31.49606
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ILEMITE AND MAGNETITE, DEPOSITS EXTEND (DISCONTINUOUSLY) 400 MI, FROM SOUTHERN CROSS TO MEEKATHARA AREA (SEE RECORD FOR CHALLA INTRUSION BELT)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LESS THAN 1% VANADIUM (V OR V2O5 ?), NO FE, TI ASSAY DATA. NO DATA ON QUANTITY, BUT PROBABLY SIGNIFICANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, 1961, V. 23, NO. 1, P. 56

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, 1962, V. 24, NO. 1, P. 61

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING WORLD, 1962

Reporter information

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

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