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Gingin

Prospect 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. 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 10024966
MRDS ID ISM0718
Record type Site
Current site name Gingin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.86601, -31.27938 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID

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

  • 85KM NORTH OF PERTH AND 3KM NORTHWEST OF GINGIN BROOK. (MAY NOT BE VICTORIA COUNTY).

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.86601, -31.27938
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gingin Shoreline-Beach And Lagoon (?)

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 16M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NONE; ILMN + RUTL + ZRCN + KYNT (+QRTZ); THE HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR WITHIN QUARTZ SAND WITH A CLAYEY MATRIX, MEMBER OF A PARALIC SEQUENCE AT THE FOOT OF THE GINGIN SCARP. THE BASE OF THE DEPOSIT IS 70-80M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE OREBODY CONTAINS UP TO 60% HM AND BETWEEN 12 TO 30% CLAY. ONE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION IS OVER 5KM LONG, UP TO 250M WIDE, BETWEEN 2 AND 20M THICK. MINERALIZED DUNE SAND (LESS THAN 10% HM) OVERLIE THE PARALIC SEQUENCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1971

Mining district

District name Southwest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Westralian Sands Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. (15%); Tioxide Australia Pty Ltd. (36%); Westralian Sands Ltd. (60%)

Comments on the production information

  • NONE NONE NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BY CALCULATION AND FROM RF1, ASSUME ZRCN CONTENT IN 10%.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); ASSESSMENT(DEVELOPMENT DEFERRED UNTIL COMPANY HAS NEED FOR THE RESOURCE.); MINERAL RIGHTS ARE ENDOWED WITH THE LAND TITLE.

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

    BELL, S., 1988, MINERAL SANDS: IN LOUTHEAN, ROSS, ED. REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1987: RESOURCE INFORMATION UNIT LTD. P. 253-260.

  • Deposit

    GARDINER J.E., 1977, HEAVY-MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS ALONG THE COAST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, AUSTRALIA. RECORD 77/34.

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.). NONE 0.20 M DATE OF ORIGINAL: 25-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

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