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Waroona North

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 10024969
MRDS ID ISM0721
Record type Site
Current site name Waroona North

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.916, -32.84599 (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

  • 2KM EAST OF WAROONA TOWNSHIP AT THE FOOT OF DARLING SCARP.

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) 115.916, -32.84599
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Waroona Shoreline (Bunbury Trough), Beach And Dunes

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0.5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN + ZRCN + LCXN + MNZT (+QRTZ); DEPOSIT SITUATED 56 AND 65M ABOVE PRESENT SEA LEVEL. CONSIST OF BASAL CONGLOMERAGE AND CLAYEY MATERIAL (WEATHERED GRANITE) OVERLAIN BY UP TO 9M OF DUNE SAND WITH UP TO 60% HM. IT IS CAPPED BY A WELL SORTED DUNE SAND WITH UP TO 15% HM. THE DEPOSIT IS 200M WIDE AND 12M THICK, HM VARIES FROM 12 TO 18%, AND SLIME CONTENT IS ABOUT 12%

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1985
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

  • 7 000 TPA FROM BOTH CABLE SANDS MINES, WAROONA AND MINNINUP HIND-DUNE. CLARK, 1987); ALL PROCESSED AT BUNBURY PLANT. NONE PRODUCTION FROM BUNBURY TREATMENT PLANT AND INCLUDES WAROONA, MINNINUP AND DUNKLEY NORTON. BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PERS. COMM.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT AVAILABLE. ENOUGH FOR 15 YEARS AT CURRENT PRODUCTION LEVEL I.E., ESTIMATED AT 135 000 T.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); ASSESSMENT(ALL PRODUCTION HAS SHIFTED TO WAROONA SOUTH AREA IN EARLY 1988.); HM CONSISTS OF ILMENITE 80-82%, ZIRCON 4-5%, LEUCOXENE 1-3%. MINING RATE 60 000 T/YEAR OF SAND. REHABILITATION NO

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

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

  • Deposit

    CLARK, GERRY., 1987, ZIRCON--IN DEMAND AS AVAILABILITY SQUEEZED: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS NO. 232, P. 35-45.

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: 08-DEC-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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