South Weipa

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10022544
MRDS ID	DE03138
Record type	Site
Current site name	South Weipa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	144.54695, -22.57045 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Queensland

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	144.54695, -22.57045	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DE03138

Bibliographic references

Deposit

PATTERSON (PER COM 1985)

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	TUBULAR, THIN, FLAT LYING BODIES WITHIN LARGER LENSES OF SEDIMENTARY KAOLIN.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	25-AUG-1995	Mosier, Dan	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.