Bauxite-Australia

Prospect in Australia with commodity Aluminum
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097402
MRDS ID W001898
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite-Australia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 136.83231, -12.33066 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIO2-3.4%, FE2O3-17.1%, AL2O3-49.6%, TIO2-3.4%, LOI. -26.4%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) 136.83231, -12.33066

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Synclinal Warp

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 5.49M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE PISOLITIC AND NODULAR; BAUXITE PROBABLY TERTIARY IN AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gove

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nabalco Pty. Ltd. Et Al
  • Type Owner
    Owner Government

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXCLUDES 12,000,000 TONS NOT AVAILABLE FOR MINING

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 DEPOSITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BAUXITIZATION BY WEATHERING OF PROTEROZOIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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