Wongan Hills

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10094869
MRDS ID	DE03158
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wongan Hills

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	122.17743, -25.46243 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	122.17743, -25.46243	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Darling Ranges

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DE03158

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MCLEOD, I.R., ED., 1965, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY--THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BULLETIN NO. 72, 690 P

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	LATERITE-BAUXITE BED

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	25-AUG-1995	Mosier, Dan	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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