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Bauxite - Australia

Occurrence in Australia with commodity Aluminum
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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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093365
MRDS ID W001903
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 136.66565, -11.24742 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN THROUGH CENTER OF ISLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIO2 - 4.1-6.5%, AL2O3 - 48.0-51.4%, FE2O3 - 13.2-17.0%, TIO2 - 2.9-3.3%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 136.66565, -11.24742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.03M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marchinbar Island

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, 1965, ALUMINIUM, (EXTRACT FROM AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS), BULL. NO. 72, 29 P., ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    PLUMB, K. A., 1965, WESSEL ISLANDS/TRUANT ISLAND, N. T.; 1:250,000 GEOLOGICAL SERIES, SHEET SC/53-15, 16, INTERNATIONAL INDEX, EXPLANATORY NOTES, 13 PP., SK. MAP, AUSTRALIA, BUR. MIN. RES., GEOL. & GEOPHYS. (CANBERRA).

  • Deposit

    OWEN, H. B., 1954, BAUXITE IN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 24, 234 PA K1 SANDSTONE, SILTSTONE, SHALE PRECAMBRIAN; UPPER PROTEROZOIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

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