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Port Pirie Reo's

Plant in South Australia, Australia with commodity REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183295
MAS/MILS ID 6020400013
Record type Site
Current site name Port Pirie Reo's

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 138.49877, -33.09616 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia South Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 138.49877, -33.09616
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERAL OF INTEREST IS DAVIDITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Milling method Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sx Holdings Ltd (Muswellbrook)
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REO GRADE OF URANIUM TAILS IS UNKNOWN.
  • THE MATERIAL CONSISTS OF TAILINGS FROM THE TREATMENT OF RADIUM HILL URANIUM ORE.

Comments on other economic factors

  • THIS PROJECT IS PLANNED IN THREE STAGES. FIRST IS THE REPROCESSING OF TAILS FROM THE RADIUM HILL URANIUM PLANT BETWEEN 1955 AND 1962. AMOUNT IS 200,000 MT OF UNKNOWN REO GRADE. REO MINERAL IS DAVIDITE. A SECOND PLANT WILL THEN BE BUILT TO SEPARATE YTTRIUM FROM IMPORTED (CHINESE) REO CONCENTRATES. THE LAST STAGE INVOLVES A CRACKING PLANT TO EXTRACT REO FROM MONAZITE CONCENTRATES ORIGINATING IN AUSTRALIAN BEACH SANDS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINER, NOV 1988, PG 24

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 0CT 14, 1988, PG 294

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINER, MAY 1990, PG 4

  • Reserve-Resource

    AUSTRALIA'S MINING MONTHLY, MAY 1990, PG 44

  • Reserve-Resource

    E&MJ, JUNE 1990, PG 86

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALS & MINERALS ANNUAL REVIEW FOR 1990, PG 80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-APR-1996 Jackson, Wayne U.S. Bureau of Mines

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