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Yoganup Extended

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024970
MRDS ID ISM0722
Record type Site
Current site name Yoganup Extended

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.68266, -33.41264 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE

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 INLAND FROM COAST, 11KM SOUTHWEST OF CAPEL.

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) 115.68266, -33.41264
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Yoganup Shoreline (Beach And Dune)

Comments on the geologic information

  • WATER TABLE FLUCTUATION HAVE CEMENTED PARTS OF DEPOSIT TO FORM COFFEE ROCK.; QUATERNARY; ILMN + ZRCN + LXCN + RUTL + MNZT (+QRTZ); YOGANUP SHORELINE CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE STRANDLINES OF ELEVATION OF 20-80M ABOVE MSL, INCISED INTO THE LEEDERVILLE FORMATION ON THE SEAWARD SIDE OF WHICHER SCARP. INDIVIDUAL STRANDLINES CONSIST OF A 2-3M THICK SECTION DISCONFORMABLY OVERLYING THE LEEDERVILLE FM. EACH STRANDLINE CONSISTS OF A BASAL CONGLOMERATE OVERLAIN BY A GREY POORLY SORTED CLAY-RICH SAND REPRESENTING BEACH DEPOSIT CONTAINING UP TO 30% HM. THE SEQUENCE IS OVERLAIN BY YELLOW QUARTZ-SAND. AVERAGE HM GRADE IS 12-15% WITH GRADES BEING HIGHEST TOWARDS THE BASE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1972
Year of last production 1987

Mining district

District name Southwest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Westralian Sands Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd. (15%) Westralian Sands Ltd (49%); Tioxide Australia Pty Ltd. (36%)

Comments on the production information

  • 35 000 TPA FROM CAPEL NORTH AND YOGANUP EXTENDED. NONEPRODUCTION FROM CAPEL NORTH AND YOGANUP EXTENDED. YOGANUP CENTRAL AND EXTENDED, INCLUDES CAPEL NORTH 1973-74. INCLUDES ALL WSL PRODUCTION IN THIS PERIOD.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(THE COMPANY HAS SUBSTANDIAL RESERVES OF LOWER GRADE ORE AT ITS BOYANUP LEASES, 15 KM NORTH ALONG THE YOGANUP STRANDLINE, AND ALSO STILL FURTHER NORTH AT ITS TUTUNUP LEASES. THE MINE IS A CONTINUATION OF THE YOGANUP CENTRAL MINE WHICH CLOSED IN 1976.); HEAVY MINERAL GRADE IS IN THE RANGE 12-15% CONSISTING OF 75% ILMENITE, 10% LEUCOXENE, AND 10% ZRCN. DRILLING TO THE NORTH ON BOYANUP LEASES.

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

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

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, L.B., HOCHWIMMER, B., AND BAXTER, J.L., 1986, DEPOSITIONAL FACIES AND HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE YOGANUP SHORELINE, SOUTHERN PERTH BASIN - IN AUSTRALIA: A WORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON. THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P9-15.

  • Deposit

    WESTRALIAN SANDS LTD., 1987, ANNUAL REPORTS FOR YEARS 1971 TO 1987 INCLUSIVE.

  • Production

    79/00345

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: 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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