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North Capel Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10079637
MRDS ID W029689
Record type Site
Current site name North Capel Mine
Alternate or previous names Capel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.58266, -33.51264 (WGS84)
Relative position 8.4 KM BY ROAD NORTHWEST OF CAPEL AND 25.6 KM SOUTH OF BUNBURY

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

  • EAST OF GYNUDUP BROOK AND EAST OF BUSSEL HIGHWAY

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result COMPOSTION OF HEAVY MINERAL FRACTIONS (IN WEIGHT PER CENT): ILMENITE 94.6, RUTILE 0.7, ZIRCON 3.9, MONAZITE 0.3, OTHERS 0.5, ILMENITE COMPOSITION 53.6 TO 54 T102

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Sediments
    Rock description Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.58266, -33.51264
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 5 DEG TO WEST
    Thickness 10M
    Length 4000M
    Width 150M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MESOZOIC SEDIMENTS IN THE BASE OF THE PIT CONTAIN SMALL QUANTITIES OF HEAVY MINERALS. THE DEPOSIT ITSELF IS A GREY SAND COMPOSED OF A MODERATELY HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE OF QUARTZ AND HEAVY MINERALS.THE CONTACT BETWEEN DEPOSIT AND THE UNDERLYING WHITE SAND IS NEARLY HORIZONTAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Capel

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Mineral Sands Pty. Ltd.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNTIL 1972 ORE WAS CONCENTRATED AT THE MINE FACE AND THEN PUMPED TO AN ILMENITE SEPARATION PLANT. IN 1973 A DREDGE WAS BROUGHT INTO OPERATION ON THE DEPOSIT. ILMENITE IS SHIPPED FROM BUNBURY TO BURNIE, TASMANIA.HEAVY MINERALS GRADES UP TO 50 % BY WEIGHT OCCUR ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • WESTERN MINERAL SANDS PTY. LTD. IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN AUSTRALIEN TITAN PRODUCTS PTY. LTD. AND WESTRALIAN SANDS LTD. ; ECON.COM: ILMENITE IS THE ONLY MINERAL EXTRACTED.RESIDUES ARE BOUGHT BY WESTRALIAN SANDS LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JOBSON'S, 1976/1977 MINING YEARBOOK.

  • Production

    G7-G13) J.L. BAXTER 1977;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS A SAND HILL AND STANDS SOME 15 M ABOVE THE SURROUNDING PLAIN. THE DEPOSIT HAS A VARIABLE THICKNESS, RANGING BETWEEN 2 AND 10 M.

Reporter information

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

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