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Hillview

Prospect in New South Wales, Australia with commodity Vermiculite
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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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023657
MRDS ID I001052
Record type Site
Current site name Hillview

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.33195, -32.24628 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR TOTTENHAM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore

Analytical data

Result VERMICULITE HAS AN EXPANSION FACTOR OF 15
Result PH IS ALKALINE TO NEUTRAL. CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY RESULTS ARE HIGHLY VARIABLE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.33195, -32.24628
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Helix Resources Nl

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 2250000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Vermiculite Vrm 33 wt-pct Vermiculite Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE MEASURED PLUS INDICATED; FIGURE DOES NOT INCLUDE INFERRED RESERVES WHICH ARE KNOWN TO EXIST, BUT NOT YET QUANTIFIED.

Comments on development

  • 144 RAB BOREHOLES DRILLED IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1991. ; ECON.COM: FEASIBILITY STUDIES IN PROCESS FOR 30,000 TPA OPERATION (1991). NO PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRIC SUPPLY, BUT WATER WILL NEED TO BE PIPED 25 KM FROM A LOCAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM OR EXTRACTED FROM A YET UNIDENTIFIED SUB-SURFACE SOURCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1992, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 293, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    CHRONIQUE DE LA RECHERCHE MINIERE, 1992, AUSTRALIA: VERMICULITE: NO. 506, P. 70.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1992.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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