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Capel North Deposit

Producer 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024946
MRDS ID ISM0696
Record type Site
Current site name Capel North Deposit
Alternate or previous names Capel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.58266, -33.51264 (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

  • AREA SUBDIVIDED INTO 3 BLOCKS: NORTHAM (TOTAL STRIKE +/- 50 KM); RUSTENBUR G (TOTAL STRIKE 55 KM); BRITS (TOTAL STRIKE 20 KM). POINT OF REFERENCE IN THE CENTRAL RUSTENBURG BLOCK.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • V

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
    Rock description Bassendean Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.58266, -33.51264
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Predominantly Dune, Also Beach And Swale Deposits; Part Of Bassendean Dune System, Capel Shoreline.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR BASIN DEVELOPMENT; MGNT, ULVP, FLDP; OREBODY THICKNESS 30 M; CUT OFF GRADE 1,6% V2O5; DIP 19 DEGREES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1964
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name South Western

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Westralian Sands Ltd. (60%), And Tioxided Australia Pty Ltd (40%)

Comments on the production information

  • CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Comments on the workings information

  • Area: DEPOSIT IS 6 KM LONG

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(LARGE RESOURCES IN NORTHAM AND RUSTENBURG BLOCKS. RECENT MINING ONLY AT UNION CARBIDE'S MINE IN THE BRITS BLOCK, BUT DUE TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR VANADIUM, PRODUCTION IS BELOW CAPACITY.); ENLARGEMENT OF PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.L., 1977, DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN AREA IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, CHAPTER 4, P. 37-60.

  • Deposit

    COOPE, B., 1982, TITANIUM MINERALS - FOCUS ON PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS JULY 1982, P. 27-35.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1979, THE INDUSTRY'S COMPANIES - MINING HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA, QUARRY MINE AND PIT V. 18, NO. 9.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    WESTRALIAN SANDS ANNUAL REPORT 1983, P. 5. PC1 (BAXTER, 1982, TABLE 1); PC2, PC3 - BASED COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS

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-APR-1985 Porter, Lyn M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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