| Deposit ID | 10183309 |
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| MAS/MILS ID | 6020550120 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brockman |
| Alternate or previous names | Mt. Brockman, Halls Creek |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
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| Geographic coordinates: | 127.65054, -18.25764 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Western Australia(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Western Australia |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Gallium Critical | Primary |
| Hafnium Critical | Primary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Primary |
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Tantalum Critical | Primary |
| Zirconium Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | 127.65054, -18.25764 |
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| Thickness | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 3500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
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| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1973 |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Milling method | Unspecified |
| District name | Halls Creek Area |
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| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | West Coast Holdings Ltd |
| Interest | 50 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Owner |
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| Owner | Greater Pacific Investment |
| Interest | 50 |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Measured | 4290000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 4290000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 5000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 9290000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 6020550120 |
ROY TOWNER, BMR, AUSTRALIA, 1/11/88
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MAR 1988
AUSTRALIA'S MINING MONTHLY, MAR 1988
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOV 1988
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS A STRATA-BOUND FELSIC ALKALINE TUFF, OCCURRING WITH TRACHYTES, PHONOLITIC PYROCLASTICS AND LAVA, THOLEIITIC BASALTS, TUFFACEOUS & MICACEOUS SANDSTONES, SILTSTONES, AND CARBONATES. ORE MINERALOGY CONSISTS OF VERY FINE-GRAINED DISSEMINATED COLUMBITE, TANTO-COLUMBITE, PYROCLORE, GEL-ZIRCON, SYNCHISITE, CERIANITE, BASTNASITE, XENOTIME, CASSITERITE, AND SPHALERITE. A PILOT PLANT, RATED AT 2 MTPD, WAS RUN USING AN ACID LEACH METHOD, WITH A RECOVERY RATE OF 75%. PRODUCTION PLANS ARE FOR 200,000 MTPY OF ROCK, WITH 40% RECOVERY OF TANTALUM, AND 70% RECOVERY OF ALL OTHER PRODUCTS PROJECTED OUTPUT WOULD BE 1,500 MTPY ZIRCONIUM, 37 MTPY HRE, 24 MTPY DYSPROSIUM, 6 MTPY SAMARIUM, AND 3 MTPY TERBIUM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 24-SEP-96 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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