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Viney Creek

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024898
MRDS ID ISM0649
Record type Site
Current site name Viney Creek
Alternate or previous names Durness, Tea Gardens

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 152.1652, -32.66299 (WGS84)
Relative position POPL

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

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 10 KM NORTH OF TEA GARDENS
  • KIEV IS A LARGE CITY IN THE NORTHERN UKRAINE. THE PRINCIPAL MINE IN THE DISTRICT IS AT TARASOVSK.PLACER, CONTINENTAL (?)"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZIRCONIUM
  • TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 152.1652, -32.66299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Beach, Minor Dune

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; RUTL + ZRCN + ILMN + MNZT (+QRTZ); CONSISTS OF TWO MAIN MINERALIZED ZONES, THE EASTERN ZONE UP TO 800 M WIDE AND 10 KM LONG AND THE WESTERN ZONE UP TO 400 M WIDE AND 6 KM LONG. THE ZONES FORM PART OF THE INNER BARRIER DUNE SYSTEM BUILT UP AS A PROGRESSION OF BEACH FORMED RIDGES ON THE LANDWARD SIDE OF THE BASIN PROGRADING SEAWARDS TO THE EAST. OVERALL GRADE OF HM IS 0.84%
  • ; ILMN (+ QRTZ + FLDP + CLAY); THE DEPOSITS MAY BE SIMILAR IN GEOLOGY TO THE DEPOSITS OF THE ZHITOMIR DISTRICT 140 KM TO THE WEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1986
Year of last production 1987

Mining district

District name Newcastle

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Deposits Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Deposits Ltd. (100.00%); Northern Rivers Rutile Pty Ltd. (100.00% Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Of

Comments on the production information

  • HAWKS NEST DRY PLANT HAS CAPACITY OF 25 000 T/Y ZRCN 2 DREDGES (CAPACITY 700 TPH EACH) FEEDING A WET CONCENTRATOR (CAPACITY 2000 TPH).CONCLUDED WITH STOCKTON INCLUDED WITH STOCKTON
  • INCLUDED WITH DNEPROPETROVSK DISTRICT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION AVAILABLE.US BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, USSR MULTIPLE DEPOSIT SUMMARY: USBM MINERALS AVA" ILABILITY SYSTEM, 39 P."INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1982, TITANIUM MINERALS - FOCUS ON PRODUCTION, INDUSTR" IAL MINERALS, JULY 1982."
  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); ASSESSMENT(MINE LIFE IS FOR 8 YEARS; THE PRESENCE OF UNDURATE SAND AND TREES ROOTS IS CAUSING MINING PROBLEMS. THE LOCAL INHABITANTS ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE VOLUME OF TRUCKS TRAVELLING THROUGH THE AREA WHICH IS A TOURIST RESORT.); HEAVY MINERAL SUITE CONSIST OF 35% RUTL, 30% ZRCN, 10% ILMN, < 0.5% MNZT. CONVERTING THE CIRCULAR CUTTER ON THE DREDTGES TO ROTARY TYPE CUTTERS
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(THE MJORITY OF SOVIET TITANIUM ORES COMES FROM THE UKRAINE PLACER DEPOSITS. FURTHER EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA IS LIKELY.); MATERIAL IS PROCESSED AT THE IRSHANSK MINING-BENEFICIATION COMBINE. IT IS CONVERTED INTO TI-SLAG (83% TIO2) AT THE ZAPOROZHYE WORKS NEAR DNEPROPETROVSK. ? ?

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORKERY, R.W., AND CO PTY, LTD. 1985, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR A MINERAL SANDS MINING OPERATION NORTH OF TEA GARDENS, NEW SOUTH WALES

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: 01-AUG-88; DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89
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.). S ? YES (TI SLAG)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Towner, Roy R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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