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Eneabba Amc

Producer in Western Australia, 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. 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 10024961
MRDS ID ISM0713
Record type Site
Current site name Eneabba Amc
Alternate or previous names Adamson North

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.26604, -29.81278 (WGS84)
Relative position POPL

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

  • IMMEDIATELY NORTH AND CONTINUOUS WITH THE FORMER ALLIED ENEABBA DEPOSITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ZIRCONIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.26604, -29.81278
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • BURIAL TO PRESERVE ORE; GROUNDWATE IRON PRECIPITATION--COFFEE ROCK LENSES WITHIN STRANDS.; PLEISTOCENE; ILMN+ ZRCN + RUTL + KYNT + LCXN + MNZT (+ QRTZ); THE MINERAL SANDS WERE CONCENTRATED BY WAVE ACTION AT THE BASE OF THE GINGIN SCARP. WIND ACTION PRODUCED DUNE DEPOSITS THAT DRAPE OVER THE SCARP. THE OREBODY UNCONFORMABLY OVERLIES THE MESOZOIC YARRAGADEE AND COCKLESHELL GULLY FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Year of first production 1974
Year of last production 1987

Mining district

District name Southwest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Renison Goldfields Consolidated, Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • 100 000 TONNES PER YEAR ZIRCON CONCENTRATE.1986 PRODUCTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT FROM FORMER ALLIED ENEABBA LEASES. JENNINGS MINING LTD. WESTERN TITANIUM LTD. (WTL) ASSOCIATED MINERALS CONSOLIDATED LTD - ACQUIRED WTL IN 1977, JENNINGS IN 1980.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 955000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zirconium Zr 13.7 wt-pct Zirconium Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BMR AMC ENEABBA ESTIMATE. AMC ZRCN FOR CAPEL AND ENEABBA WA, FLORIDA USA

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(SUFFICIENT RESERVES AT CURRENT PRODUCTION LEVELS FOR NEXT 12 YEARS; GRADE OF AND THE COMPOSITIONAL SUITE OF THE HEAVY MINERALS IS CHANGING. AMC IS A DREDGE TO MINE LOWER ORE GRADES. DREDING TO COMMENCE IN LATE 1988-EARLY 1989. THE AVERAGE CUT-OFF GRADE WILL BE LOWERED TO 4% HM.); ZRCN GRADES HAVE FALLEN AS THE RICHER EASTERN STRANDLINES CONTAINING IN EXCESS OF 30% ZRCN ARE COMPLETED. THE WESTERN STRANDLINES CONTAIN ABOUT 12-15% ZRCN. COMPREHENSIVE DRILLING ON THE REMAINING UNMINED ALLIED LEASES TO PRODUCE A DATABASE FROM WHICH LONG-TERM MINING PLANS FOR THE ENEABBA LEASES WILL BE DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAXTER J.L. 1977, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, P.77-80.

  • Deposit

    RENISON GOLDFIELDS CONSOLIDATED LTD., 1987, ANNUAL REPORT 1987.

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.). OPEN-CUT NONE DATE OF ORIGINAL: 30-NOV-88, DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Fortowski, Dennis B. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Towner, Roy R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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