1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Evants West, Australia

Occurrence in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079644
MRDS ID W029698
Record type Site
Current site name Evants West, Australia
Alternate or previous names Part of Jerusalem Creak, Plant Ii

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.24857, -29.19644 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH OF EVANS HEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ABOUT 10 PER CENT HEAVY MINERALS COMPRISING 36 PER CENT ZIRCON, 35 PER CENT RUTILE, 25 PER CENT MAGNETICS, MINOR MONAZITE AND OTHER MINERALS. THE MAGNETIC FRACTION IS LARGELY ILMENITE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.24857, -29.19644
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 3M
    Length 2000M
    Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1975
Discoverer Bmr

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Associated Minerals Consolidated (AMC)

Comments on development

  • THE SURVEYS AT JERUSALEM CREEK WERE CARRIED OUT IN CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN BMR AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS CONSOLIDATED (AMA). AIRBORNE SURVEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBSON, D.F. & SAMPATH, N.: GEOPHYSICAL RESPONSE OF HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS AT JERUSALEM CREEK, NSW.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1974 REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit (1974) CAPACITY OF PLANT II WAS INCREASED TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF PRODUCTION IN THE LOWER-GRADE AREAS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site