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Cudgen, Australia

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079645
MRDS ID W029699
Record type Site
Current site name Cudgen, Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.39858, -28.41314 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH EAST OF LISMORE

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

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BOUNDRY TO QUEENSLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.39858, -28.41314
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dillingham Corp. Of Australia Pty. Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dillingham Corp. And Murphyores Holding Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • P1 + P2) PRODUCTION OF DRY-SEPARATION PLANTS AT CUDGEN AND SOUTH WOODBORN. P3 + P4) PRODUCTION FROM OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN NSW.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE NSW GOVERNMENT DECISION, WHICH ELIMINATED ABOUT 75 PER CENT OF DILLINGHAM'S ORE RESERVES IN NSW REDUCED THE COMMPAN'S MINING LIFE TO LESS THAN 2 YEARS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE NSW GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO BAN FUTURE MINING IN NATIONAL PARKS AND IN ANY PROPOSED EXTENSION TO NATIONAL PARKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE AUSTRALIAN MINER, JAN. 1978 P.3

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, MAY 1976

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1974, 1975 REVIEW

  • Production

    AUSTR. MIN. IND. 1974 REVIEW

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS ONE DRY-MINING UNIT AT TABBIMOBILE AND TWO DREGES AND ONE DRY MINING UNIT AT KINGSCLIFF. THE DRY SEPARATION PLANTS ARE AT CUDGEN AND SOUTH WOODBORN.

Reporter information

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

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