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Jurien Deposit, Australia

Occurrence in Australia with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079633
MRDS ID W029684
Record type Site
Current site name Jurien Deposit, Australia
Alternate or previous names Jurien Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.16604, -30.31276 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Relative position ABOUT 15 KM EAST OF JURIEN TOWNSIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Comments on the location information

  • ON VICTORIA LOCATION 3750 AND 3927, ABOUT 500 M WEST OF GINGIN SCARP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Quartz Unknown

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITION OF HEAVY MINERAL FRACTIONS, FROM DEPOSIT A (BURIED BEACH DEPOSIT) IN AVERAGE WEIGHT %: { ILMENITE 23.9 ALTERED ILMENITE 30.0 { LEUCOXENE 7.5 RUTILE 8.3 { ZIRCON 7.5 MONAZITE 1.4 { KYANITE 7.3 GARNET 6.6 { STAUROLITE 1.8 { COMPOSITION OF HEAVY MINERAL FRACTIONS FROM DEPOSIT D (BEACH SAND DEPOSIT) IN AVERAGE WEIGHT %: ILMENITE 50.2 LEUCOXENE 8.7 { RUTILE 8.3 ZIRCON 9.9 { MONAZITE 0.4 KYANITE 4.2 { GARNET 13.0 STAUROLITE 2.0

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.16604, -30.31276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Munbinea Shoreline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 6000M
    Width 1500M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fossil Shorelines

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SHORELINE SEDIMENTS INCLUDE A BASAL CONGLOMERATE WITH CLASTS OF MESOZOIC BASEMENT ROCKS OVERLAIN BY A MEDIUM TO COARSE-GRAINED MINERALIZED SAND. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF DEPOSITS, BACH SAND DEPOSITS AND BURIED BEACH DEPOSITS. FIVE LENSES ARE IDENTIFIED A TO E. LENSES A, B AND C ARE BURIED BEACH DEPOSITS WHICH REST UNCONFORMABLY ON LESUCUR SANDSTONE. THE NORTHERN ENDS OF THE DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN ERODED BY THE HILL RIVER. THE D AND E DEPOSITS CONSIST OF LENTICULAR BODIES OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ AND LIME SAND CONTAINING HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF GARNET, KYANITE AND STAUROLITHE THAN THE BEACH DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer West Coast Rutile Pty. Ltd.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Sands Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wmc Mineral Sands Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • INITIAL PLANT WAS DESIGNED FOR AN OUTPUT OF 30000 TPY RUTILE, 30000 TPY ZIRCON.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1) PROVEN + PROBABLE RESERVES OF CONTAINED HEAVY MINERALS, AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 9 % IN THE ORE, 2) HEAVY MINERAL CONTENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 800HA

Comments on development

  • THE DEPOSIT IS MINED BY BLACK SANDS LTD. (FORMER WEST COAST RUTILE PTY. LTD.) NOW OWNED BY WMC MINERAL SANDS LTD.E ; DEV$: WMC BOUGHT THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT FOR ABOUT A$ 13 MILLION ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION AT THE JURIEN BAY OPERATIONS WILL BE SUSPENDED IN MAY 1977. THE EQUIPMENT WAS SOLD AND THE PLANT WAS RETAINED ON CARE AND MAINTENANCE BASIS. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE OF RESTARTING OPERATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1977, J.L. BAXTE

  • Production

    17&18) AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY 1974/1975 REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE LENSES WITH HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED (A TO E)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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