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Minninup Hind-Dune

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. 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 10024968
MRDS ID ISM0720
Record type Site
Current site name Minninup Hind-Dune

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.56601, -33.3793 (WGS84)

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

  • 18KM SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CASUARINA POINT ALONG THE COAST. ; LONGITUDE IS CENTROID

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 Quindalup Dune System Safety Bay Sand
    Rock description Quindalup Dune System Safety Bay Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.56601, -33.3793
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Minninup Shoreline Of Swan Coastal Plain.

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN + ZRCN; QRTZ; DUNES ARE PARABOLIC SECONDARY DUNES COMPRISING A DUNE FIELD 15KM LONG AND UP TO 750M WIDE. DUNE IS 15M HIGH, COMPOSED OF FINE TO MEDIUM QUARTZ-CARBONATE-HEAVY MINERAL SAND. THE BASE IS TAMALA LIMESTONE. AVERAGE HM GRADE IS 8%.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Year of first production 1986
Year of last production 1987

Mining district

District name Southwest

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • NONE NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); ASSESSMENT(CURRENTLY MINED BY DREDGE (CAPACITY 700 TPH) OPERATING AT 60%. MINING TO BE COMPLETED IN 4 YEARS, REHABILITATION IN 6 YEARS.); MINING COMMENCED IN AUGUST 1986.

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, P77-80.

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, L.P., AND HAMILTON, T.M., 1986, STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION AND HEAVY MINERAL ACCURMLATION IN THE MINNINUP SHORELINE, SOUTHWEST AUSTRALIA -IN AUSTRALIA: A WORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON. THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P17-21.

  • Deposit

    SCANLON, T.J., AND MARTINICK, W.G., 1986, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR MINING OF CABLE SANDS' MINNINUP DEPOSIT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: IN AUSTRALIA: AWORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON: THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P. 211-214.

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.). PLACER (DREDGING) NONE DATE OF ORIGINAL: 08-DEC-88; DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Towner, Roy R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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