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Mt. Seabrook Mine

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023381
MRDS ID I000276
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Seabrook Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.72266, -25.59911 (WGS84)
Relative position 150 KM NORTHWEST OF MEEKATHARRA AND NEAR MURCHISON RIVER.

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
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.72266, -25.59911
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gwalia Consolidated Ltd.
    Home office West Perth, Australia

Comments on the production information

  • PLANT CAPACITY IS 50,000 TPA; PLAN TO PRODUCE 16,500 T IN 1992 AND 37,000 IN 1993. MINE PRODUCES 6 MONTHS PER YEAR.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAVE CONCENTRATED ITS PRODUCTS ON COSMETIC MARKETS IN EUROPE AND THE U.S. AND NOT THE FAR EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1988, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 252, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    O'DRISCOLL, MIKE, 1992, TALC REVIEW--CONSOLIDATION AND COMPETITION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 294, P. 24-37.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1993, AUSTRALIA IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 306, P. 8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALC ZONE IS GEOLOGICALLY OPEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Preston, W Western Australia Geological Survey

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

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