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Eneabba

Producer in Western Australia, 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079636
MRDS ID W029688
Record type Site
Current site name Eneabba
Alternate or previous names Adamson Deposit, Stage 1 Operations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.26604, -29.89611 (WGS84)
Elevation 97
Relative position ABOUT 12 KM SOUTH OF ENEABBA TOWNSIDE, SOUTH OF DOBNEY DEPOSIT.

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

  • SOME 25 KM FROM THE PRESENT DAY COAST LINE, ALONG THE FOOT OF THE GINGIN SCARP.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION OF ILMENITE AND RUTILE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATION AVERAGE ABOUT 9%, CUT-OFF GRADE 2.5%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name South-Perth-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates;Yarragadee Formation; Siltstones, Sandstones, Conglo;Cockleshell-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates
    Rock description South-Perth-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates;Yarragadee Formation; Siltstones, Sandstones, Conglo;Cockleshell-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.26604, -29.89611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 12000M
    Width 1200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fossil Shorelines

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONCENTRATION OF HEAVY METALS PRESUMABLY OCCURRED IN LTERT-EPLEIS. MESOZOIC ROCKS, ESPECIALLY SOUTH-PERTH-FORMATION CONTAIN HEAVY METALS. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE THE IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF THE ENEABBA MINERALS. THREE ANCIENT SHORELINES 91, 96 AND 103 M ABOVE PRESENT SEA LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Year of first production 1973

Mining district

District name Eneabba

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Allied Eneabba Pty. Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Minerals Nl
    Interest 75
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Co. Inc. Of Usa
    Interest 25

Comments on the production information

  • (THE MINER, MAY 12,1975) OVER THE 20 YEARS MINE LIVE, BASED ON CURRENT RESERVES, PRODUCTION WILL AVERAGE: ILMENITE-250,000 TPY, RUTILE-50,000 TPY, ZIRCON-120,000 TPY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 9000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal Ti 7.8 wt-pct Titanium Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1) ADAMSON DEPOSIT; 2) RESERVES WITHIN CLAIMS OF ALLIED ENEABBA PTY. LTD.; 3) PROVED + PROBABLE RESERVES.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE COMPANY'S INTEREST IS IN A GROUP OF 26 CLAIMS HELD IN THE ENEABBA DISTRICT

Comments on development

  • ALLIED ENEABBA PTY. LTD. ARE MINING THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DEPOSIT. IN 1973 A SMALL PLANT WAS BROUGHT INTO PRODUCTION TO TEST ASPECTS OF DRY AND WET MINING AND PRODUCTION METHODS. CAPACITY: { 7410 TPY RUTILE { 15300 TPY ZIRCON { 28560 TPY ILMENITE { WET SEPARATION IS CARRIED OUT NEAR MINING SITE. THE HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATE IS CARRIED TO NARNGULU, ABOUT 17 KM FROM PORT GERALTON, WHERE SEPARATION OF THE MINERAL FRACTION IS CARRIED OUT. DU PONT IS CONTRACTED TO BUY ALL THE OPERATION'S ILMENITE PRODUCTION, BUT SALES FOR ALL THE OTHER PRODUCTS IS HANDLED BY A.M.C. IN LONDON. ; ECON.COM: (MINING MAGAZINE 8.1974) CONSORTIUM OF AUSTRALIAN BANKS IS PROVIDING FINANCE TO THE TUNE OF A$ 13.2 MILLION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING, SEPT. 1973, FIRST PLANT AT ENEABBA BEGINS OPERATIONS.

  • Deposit

    LISSIMAN, J.C, AND OXENFORD, R.J., THE ALLIED MINERALS N.L. HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSIT AT ENEABBA, W.A., MAY 1973.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1974, REVIEW.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 51.

  • Production

    BAXTER, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD DE00178 OF D.J. BEOUGHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit THE WATER-LAID STRANDLINE DEPOSITS AT THE BASE OF THE MINERALIZATION ARE GENERALLY HIGH GRADE, RANGING FROM 20 TO 60 PER CENT HEAVY MINERALS OVER A THICKNESS OF 1.5 M TO 3.0 M. THE OVERLYING YELLOW SAND,USUALLY 9 TO 10 M THICK. HAS A 5 TO 10% HEAVY MINERAL CONTENT. AVERAGE OVERALL ABOUT 9%.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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