Dunwich, Australia

Past Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079638
MRDS ID W029690
Record type Site
Current site name Dunwich, Australia
Alternate or previous names North Stradbroke Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.89858, -27.57984 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND, SE OF BRISBANE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Comments on the location information

  • STRATBROKE ISLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.89858, -27.57984

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Associated Minerals Consolidated (AMC)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Associated Minerals Consolidated (AMC)

Comments on the production information

  • TREATMENT OF HEAVY MINERAL SAND AND PRODUCTION OF DUNWICH, HAXHAM AND SOUTH PORT;

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1-4) RESERVES OF DUNWICH, HEXHAM AND SOUTHPORT; 5-6) NORTH STRATBROKE ISLAND RESERVES OF CUDGEN-CONSOLIDATED RUTILE GROUP.

Comments on development

  • MINING OPERATIONS AND PROCESSING PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, MONTHLY, MAY 1976

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, M. J.:COMPETITION OF THE AUSTRALIAN BEACH SANDS.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1975 REVIEW

  • Production

    METAL BULLETIN, MONTHLY, MAY 1976; AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, REV. 1975;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE INFORMATION ABOUT PRODUCTION, TREATMENT AND RESERVES CONCERN THE DEPOSITS OF DUNWICH, HEXHAM AND SOUTHPORT AS A WHOLE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.