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Singatoka Iron Sands

Prospect in Fiji with commodities Iron, Titanium
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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. Land status
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134537
MAS/MILS ID 6860050003
Record type Site
Current site name Singatoka Iron Sands

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 177.39849, -18.13048 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fiji(country)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country
Fiji

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown
Rutile Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 177.39849, -18.13048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45S
    Dip 90S
    Thickness 35M
    Length 4828M
    Width 804.7M
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 DOMELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45S:90S
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 385
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 196
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Singatoka

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Measured 2000000mt commodity
    Indicated 10000000mt commodity
    Demonstrated 12000000mt commodity
    Total resources 12000000mt commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 5.17 wt-pct Iron Trace 1962
    Titanium TiO2 0.33 wt-pct Titanium Trace 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HIRST,J.A.&KENNEDY,E.M.1962, SINGATOKA IRON SANDS, IN ECON.I

  • Deposit

    1, GEOL. SURV. DEPT., SUVA,FIJI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Curtis, J.L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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