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Eneabba Amc Deposit

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Titanium, Metal, Kyanite, REE, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024894
MRDS ID ISM0645
Record type Site
Current site name Eneabba Amc Deposit
Alternate or previous names Adamson North Deposit, Dobney Deposit, O'Connor Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.31604, -29.77944 (WGS84)
Relative position OREBODY

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

  • FRASER ISLAND IS A 100KM LONG ISLAND OFF MARYBOROUGH, 200KM N OF BRISBANE. THE MAIN DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF INDIAN HEAD IN THE NORTH, AND NORTH SPIT IN THE SOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Kyanite Primary
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZIRCONIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Yoganup Formation (Eneabba Shoreline)
    Rock description Yoganup Formation (Eneabba Shoreline)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.31604, -29.77944
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Eneabba Shoreline - Beach And Dune

Comments on the ore body information

  • Depth to_top is minor

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; RUTL + ZRCN + ILMN (+QRTZ); FRASER ISLAND IS COMPOSED OF SILICEOUS SANDS RESTING ON CRETACEOUS BEDROCK. DUNE AND BEACH DEPOSITS ARE PRESENT. THE SOURCE OF THE HEAVY MINERALS IS THE MESOZOIC AND PALAEOZOIC ROCKS EAST OF THE GREAT DIVIDING RANGE. THE INDIAN HEAD DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SEAMS 0.5M THICK WITH APPROX. 1M OVERBURDEN, OCCURRING OVER A LENGTH OF 8KMS AND WITH AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 40M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1974
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name South West

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Associated Minerals Consolidated (AMC)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Renison Goldfields Consolidated, Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • FURTHER MINING UNLIKELY QUEENSLAND TITANIUM MINES PTY LTD.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 55 wt-pct Titanium Major 1984

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(ALTHOUGH THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS MINING ON THE ISLAND, MINING STOPPED IN 1976 FOLLOWING THE REFUSAL BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO GRANT EXPORTS LICENCES TO THE MINING COMPANY. IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THIS DECISION WILL BE REVERSED. SOME LEASES HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED BACK TO THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT.); HM CONTENT, INDIAN HED DEPOSIT: ZRCN 21%, ILMN 57%, RUTL 19%, MNZT 0.5%. NORTH APIT DEPOSITS: ZRCN 14%, ILMN 67%, RUTL 16%, MNZT 0.5%, OTHERS 2.5%. NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, B.M., BASSETT, N.,1979, DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENEABBA MINERAL SANDS OPERATION OF ASSOCIATED MINERALS CONSOLIDATED LTD, IN AUSTRALIAN IMM WESTERN AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE, 1979, P. 69-77.

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.L., 1976, DEPOSITS OF THE MIDLANDS AREA IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MIN. RES. BULLETIN 10, P. 61-81.

  • Deposit

    LISSIMAN, J.C., OXENFORD, R.J., ENEABBA RUTILE-ZIRCON-ILMENITE SANDS, WA IN C.L. KNIGHT (ED.), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA & PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AUST IMM, MON. 5, PT 1, METALS, P. 1062-1070.

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF MINERAL SANDS MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN REFERENCE PAPERS: EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS, A COURSE SPONSORED BY ADAB AND ORGANIZED BY WAIT-AID LTD.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUST. CONSOL. PRESS. P. 218-232.

  • Deposit

    RGC, 1984, RENISON GOLDFIELDS CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 1984.

  • Deposit

    BMR, 1977-84, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEWS (AMIAR'S) 1977-83.

  • Deposit

    CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS, 1980, CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS ANNUAL REPORT 1980

  • Production

    AMIAR'S 1981-84 PC1 & PC3 AMIAR'S 1977-83, PC2 & PC5 BAXTER 1982, PC4 CONSOL. GOLD FIELDS ANN. REP. 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). PLACER (DREDGING) NONE DATE OF ORIGINAL: 28-APR-88; DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Gray, Johathan M. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 Porter, Lyn M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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