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Dunkley/Norton 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024947
MRDS ID ISM0699
Record type Site
Current site name Dunkley/Norton Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.54933, -33.52097 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE SITE

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

  • DNEPROPETROVSK IS A LARGE CITY IN THE SOUTHERN UKRAINE. THE DISTRICT COMPRISES TWO MINES, ONE AT VOLCHANSK AND ONE AT SAMOTKANSK.

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
    Rock description Bassendean Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.54933, -33.52097
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Part Of The Capel Shoreline, Predominantly Dunal, Also Beach

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1984
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name South Western

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cable Sands Pty Ltd. (Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Kathleen Investments (Aust) Ltd)

Comments on the production information

  • NOT KNOWN

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(NOT KNOWN.); THE LITERATURE SUGGESTS CONSIDERABLE THICKNESS OF OVERBURN. NOT KNOWN. NOT KNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER, J.L., 1977, DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN AREA IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ESWA MINERAL RESOURCE, BULLETIN 10, P. 37-60.

  • Deposit

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

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 Towner Roy R., Gray Jonathan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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