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Challa Intrusion Belt See General Comments

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. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008288
MRDS ID D000299
Record type Site
Current site name Challa Intrusion Belt See General Comments

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 118.31597, -28.27952 (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) 118.31597, -28.27952
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRUCTURALLY DISCONTINUOUS BELT OF CHALLA INTRUSION, ORIGINALLY IN IGNEOUS COMPLEX LIKE THE BUSHVELD, EXTENDS N-S 200 KM; REPORTED SCATTERED OCCURRENCES PROBABLY MORE CONTINUOUS AND EXTENSIVE THAN GENERALLY APPRECIATED; MAINLY GABBRO WITH ILMENITE-MAGNETITE IN LAYERS AND LENSES (HOCKLEY, 1971) UP TO 1.96% V2O5, 21% TIO2

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SEE RECORD FOR BARRAMBIE AREA

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY VERY LARGE. SEE ALSO RECORDS FOR BARRAMBIE AREA AND GABANINTHA-YARRABUDDA DEPOSITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOCKLEY, J. J., 1971, NATURE, V. 232, NO. 5308 (JULY 23), P. 252-253

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOCKLEY, 1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENDS FROM YOUANMI THRU WINDIMURRA, CHALLA, WINDSOR, BARRAMBIE TO YARRABUBBA AND GABANINTHA

Reporter information

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

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