Double Island Point, 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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079641
MRDS ID W029694
Record type Site
Current site name Double Island Point, Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.11528, -25.9299 (WGS84)

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

  • OPERATIONS SOUTH OF DOUBLE ISLAND POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.11528, -25.9299

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South East Queensland

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cudgen R. Z. Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION AT KINGSCLIFF (NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES)

Comments on development

  • OPERATIONS WITH A SMALL WET CONCENTRATING PLANT.A DRY SEPARATION PLANT AT KINGSCLIFF IS USED FOR PROCESSING MATERIALS FROM THE DOUBLE ISLAND POINT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1974, 1975 REVIEW

  • Deposit

    JOBSON'S 1976/77 MINING YEAR BOOK

  • Production

    17-21)AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1974, 1975 REVIEW; 8,9,22,23) JOBSON'S MINING YEARBOOK 1975/76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COMPANY'S CENTRAL DRY PLANT IS LOCATED AT KINGSCLIFF NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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