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Rocky Point Agnes Water

Prospect in Queensland, Australia with commodities Titanium, 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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134194
MAS/MILS ID 6020350041
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Point Agnes Water
Alternate or previous names Rocky Point, Agnes Water M.D.L. Operation, Rocky Point Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 151.93195, -24.31334 (WGS84)
Elevation 40
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 151.93195, -24.31334
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 7900M
    Width 1200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840611
  • Area 639HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 639
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Shire

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Deposits Ltd. (Mdl)
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • IN MARCH 1980, TAMCO TITANIUM ALLOY MANUFACTURING CO. INITIATED A TAKEOVER PROPOSAL WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED BY MDL DIRECTORS AND WAS CONCLUDED JUNE 30, 1980. TAMCO, AS OF AUG. 1, 1980, HELD 11,556,165-579 SHARES AND EFFECTIVELY OWNED 94.9% OF MDL. THAT IS, UMAL CONSOLIDATED LTD, AN AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC COMPANY, INDIRECTLY OWNS 94.9%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA COLLECTED FROM MDL AND THE QLD. DEPT. OF RES. IND. IN 7/90.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 639HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 42500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY REPORT FOR PROPOSED

  • Reserve-Resource

    SUB-DIVISION-ROCKY-POINT. MINERAL DEPOSITS LIMITED, 1975.

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY REPORT FOR PROPOSED SUB-

  • Deposit

    DIVISION-ROCKY POINT. BY MINERAL DEPOSITS LIMITED, 1975.

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND DEPT. OF MINES. BEACH SAND HEAVY MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND. PUBLICATION NUMBER 302. BY

  • Deposit

    T.H. CONNAH, 1961.

  • Deposit

    MCKELLAR, J.B. THE EASTERN AUSTRALIAN RUTILE PROVINCE.

  • Deposit

    MONOGRAPH NO. 5 OF THE SIR MAURICE MAWBY MEMORIAL VOLUMES.

  • Deposit

    PATERSON, O.D. EXPLORATION FOR RUTILE AND ZIRCON

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. EXTRACT FROM EXPLORATION MINING GEOLOGY, EDITED

  • Deposit

    BY L.J. LAWRENCE, 1965, 8TH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND

  • Deposit

    METALLURGICAL CONGRESS.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, V.G. GENERAL STATE OF THE INDUSTRY OF

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND. 1961.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1992 Fantel, Richard J. / Kaiser, Robin C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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