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Fraser Island

Past Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232090
MAS/MILS ID 6020350043
Record type Site
Current site name Fraser Island
Alternate or previous names Fraser Island -*Combined Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 152.09863, -25.49658 (WGS84)
Elevation 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 152.09863, -25.49658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18M
    Depth to top 18M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 18
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7
    Date of Last Modification 830415
  • Area 4000HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4000
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Fraser Island

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Murphyores
    Interest 50
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dm Minerals
    Interest 50
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • A CONVERSION WAS NECESSARY WHEN ARRIVING AT THE AMOUNT BASE IS A FACTOR OF 0.67. THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE IN-SITU (ZRSIO4) ON THE DATA BASE REQUIREMENTS OF ZIRCON (ZRO2). THE FACTOR 0.67 MULTIPLIED BY 114.29 (ZRSIO4) DERIVES THE MORE ACCURATE AMOUNT OF 76.38 (ZR02).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 223300000mt ore
    Total resources 223300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 0.889 wt-pct Titanium Trace 0
    Zirconium ZrO2 0.198 wt-pct Zirconium Major 0
    REE REE 0.0029 wt-pct REE 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ON ORIGINAL CONTRACT LIST WAS CALLED N.E. FRASER ISLAND. CONTRACTOR DID ALL FRASER ISLAND IN ONE REPORT. NE AND SE FRASER SEQ. #S NOW DELETED. DATA COLLECTED FROM PIVOT AND QLD. DEPT. OF RES. IND., 7/90. INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITS: SANDY CAPE, INDIAN HEAD, BARE HILL, YANKEE JACK, AND OTHER MISC. LEASE AREAS.
  • NOTE THAT ILMENITE IS INCLUDED AS A COMMODITY. HOWEVER, IT HAS ONLY 51% TIO2 AND 0.2 TO 0.48% CR2O3 CONTENT. IT IS THEREFORE ASSUMED THAT AT MOST ONLY SMALL QUANTITIES SEPARATED FROM THE RUTILE FRACTION MIGHT BE SOLD. MOST WOULD BE STOCKPILED. RESERVE/QUANTITY TONNAGES INCLUDE DILUTION: THEREFORE IN-SITU GRADE IS EQUAL TO THE FEED GRADE.
  • RESERVE TONNAGES WERE PROVIDED BY THE OWNER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 42HA
    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 41143
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .05
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1. PUBLICATION NO. 302, QUEENSLAND DEPT. OF MINES. "BEACH

  • Deposit

    SAND HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND". T.H. CONNAH

  • Deposit

    1961.

  • Deposit

    2. HEATH, A.A. AND PARTNERS. "MORETON ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    2. UNIV. OF QUEENSLAND PRESS. "BLACK SANDS" BY I.W. MORLEY

  • Deposit

    NOV. 1981.

  • Deposit

    PRESS, NOV. 1981.

  • Deposit

    3. MINING REVIEW. "FRASER ISLAND REVISITED" BY JOHN W.

  • Deposit

    LEWIS. P. 4-12. NOV. 1979.

  • Deposit

    302, 1961, PP. 16 - 17.

  • Deposit

    4. APPENDIX TO REPORT OF TERENCE WILLSTEED AND ASSOCIATES.

  • Deposit

    A.I.M.M., MONOGRAPH NO. 5 OF THE SIR MAURICE MAWBY

  • Deposit

    5. "THE EASTERN AUSTRALIAN RUTILE PROVINCE"

  • Deposit

    BY J.B. MCKELLAR, P1055-P1062 MONOGRAPH NO. 5 OF SIR

  • Deposit

    MAURICE MAUBY.

  • Deposit

    L.J. LAWRENCE, EIGHTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALL-

  • Deposit

    6. D.M. MINERALS "FRASER ISLAND - WHY JUST COMPENSATION IS

  • Deposit

    DUE". JUNE 1978.

  • Deposit

    7. "GENERAL STATE OF THE INDUSTRY IN QUEENSLAND" BY V.G.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT DATED 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1. DM MINERALS IS OWNED 50% BY DILLINGHAM CORP. 2. PRODUCTION IS THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE IN 1985, HOWEVER THE OWNER DOES NOT BELIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS WILL BE RELAXED BEFORE THE YEAR 2000 OR ANY EXPORT LICENSE GRANTED. 3. OWNER FURNISHED DATA. 4. PRODUCTS OF THIS PLANT WOULD BE BAGGED AND SHIPPED TO GLADSTONE OR BRISBANE FOR SALE TO OVERSEAS BUYERS - BOTH PLACES ARE ABOUT EQUI-DISTANT. THE COSTS FOR THIS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE MILL COSTS, SEE TABLE NO. 2. TOTAL BARGING AND RAIL COSTS TO HANDLE PRODUCYS ARE $1,134,000 PER YEAR OR $14.92 PER TON OF PRODUCT. THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO $0.08 PER TON OF SAND MINED. 5. ROYALTIES ARE PAID ON BASIS OF TONS OF PRODUCT SOLD, AND WOULD BE: ZIRCON = $1.50 X 40,000 TPY = $60,000. /YEAR RUTILE = $3.00 X 35,000 TPY = $105,000./YEAR 6. OWNER INCLUDES DILUTION IN RESERVE TONNAGE SO IN-SITU GRADE AS GIVEN IS IDENTICAL TO FEED GRADE. BY FIGURES SUPPLIED WE CALCULATE THAT OWNER USES 2% DILUTION. 7. RESERVES SHOWNARE 100% RECOVERABLE ACCORDING TO OWNER. 8. BASED ON FLOWSHEET DATA CALCULATED FROM OWNER INFORMATION SEE FOOTNOTE (3) AND PRODUCTS MADE BY FLOWSHEET MASS BALANCE. 9. SEE APPENDIX A FOR RATIONALE FOR CALCULATION OF COSTS 1972-1976. BASED ON OWNERS CLAIM OF $25,491,000 AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT. 10. PRODUCTION FOR 18 MONTHS AT 60% OF DESIGN CAPACITY BEFORE SHUTDOWN DUE TO EXPORT LISCENSE REVOCATION. 11. ESTIMATED COSTS FOR NEW EXPLORATION TO DFINE MINING PLAN. 12. INCLUDES $1.5 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BEYOND THAT DONE IN 1973-1974 PLUS COSTS FOR COMMISSIONING, ENGINE- ERING STUDIES, TEST WORK, ETC. 13. COST OF DREDGE AND FLOATING LINE. REPLACEMENT COSTS ARE FOR MOBILE EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL VEHICLES. 14. COSTS FOR MINE ARE DEDICATED SHOP EQUIPMENT. BUILDING COSTS ARE INCLUDED IN MILL PLANT. SEE TABLE NO. 2 OF PROFILE REPORT. 15. MILL COSTS INCLUDE BOTH WET AND DRY MILLS, SERVICE BUILDINGS, AND TAILING DISPOSAL. SEE TABLE NO. 2 OF REPORT. NO REPLACEMENT COSTS ARE SHOWN FOR MINE PLANT AND MILL BECAUSE THEY ARE REFLECTED IN OUT-OF-POCKET OPERATING COSTS TO MAINTAIN EFFICEINCY OF ALL THE EQUIPMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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