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Capel Amc Depost

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024938
MRDS ID ISM0690
Record type Site
Current site name Capel Amc Depost
Alternate or previous names Capel South Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.54933, -33.54597 (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

  • TOTAL STRIKE LENGTH OF DEPOSITION IS APPROXIMATELY 6KM. ELEVATION: 20M A.S.L. SITUATED 40KM S OF DURBAN.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZIRCONIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.54933, -33.54597
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name South Western

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • NIL

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 10172000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 55 wt-pct Titanium Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BY CALCULATION. 23% ZRCN.

Comments on the workings information

  • Area: THE DEPOSIT EXTENDS FOR 14.5 KM BETWEEN CAPEL AND LUDLOW RIVERS, AND HAS A WIDTH OF 310 M.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (TECHNICAL PROBLEMS;). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(MINING OPERATIONS CEASED DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND POLLUTION OF COASTAL RESORTS. NO PLANS FOR REDEVELOPMENT.); ORIGINAL MINING METHOD WERE BUCKET WHEEL EXCAVATORS AND STACKER; REPLACED BY HYDRAULIC MINING IN 1960. EFFLUENT FROM THE PROCESSING PLANT POLLUTED COASTAL RESORTS DUE TO RED CLAY IN SAND. NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WELCH, B.R., SOFOULIS, J., FIGZGERALD, A.C.F., 1975, MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF THE CAPEL AREA WA, IN C.L. KNIGHT (EDITOR) ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA & PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AUS IMM MONOGRAPH 5, PART 1, METALS, P. 1070-1088.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF SAND MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BUREAU (ADAB) P. 65-79.

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.L. 1976, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WA, MINERAL RESOURCE BULLETIN 10, P. 50-52.

  • Deposit

    BMR, 1977-84, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEWS (AMIAR'S) 1976-83.

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1980, AUSTRALIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES: MINERAL SANDS. PUBLISHED FOR AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND RESOURCES BY AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING SERVICE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    AMIAR'S 1980-84 PC1 AND PC4 - AMIAR'S 1976-83, PC3- BAXTER 1982, PC2 - CONSOL. GOLD FIELDS ANNUAL REPORT

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.).

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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