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Cooloola

Prospect in Queensland, Australia with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280440
MAS/MILS ID 6020350013
Record type Site
Current site name Cooloola
Alternate or previous names Noosa-Inskip, Teenah

Comments on the site names

  • INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITS: COOLOOLA NATIONAL PARK, TEEWAH, AND INSKIP POINT (ALL ALONG THE SUNSHINE COAST).

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 153.11531, -26.07987 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(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
REE Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 153.11531, -26.07987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 110M
    Area 2528HA
    Depth to top 110M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 40
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 110
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 40
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2528
    Date of Last Modification 840601

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Cooloola Res.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Parks Of Queensland
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Deposits, Ltd.
    Home office Australia
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • DUE TO THE DECLARATION OF COOLOOLA AS A NATIONAL PARK, THE OPERATOR IS NOT TECHNICALLY AN OPERATOR OF THE DEPOSIT, ALTHOUGH AT ONE TIME THEY DID POSSESS LEASES TO THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on the production information

  • THE ILMENITE IS RELATIVELY LOW GRADE, AND IS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY, ASSUMED NOT TO BE SOLD AS A PRODUCT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2528HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 67886
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN FEB. 1974, THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT DECLARED THE COOLOOLA RESERVE A NATIONAL PARK, THUS SUSPENDING ALL MINING IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONOGRAPH NO. 5 OF THE SIR MAURICE MAWBY MEMORIAL VOLUMES

  • Deposit

    (BY A.I.M.M.), THE EASTERN AUSTRALIAN RUTILE PROVINCE. BY

  • Deposit

    J.B. MCKELLOR, 1980, P. 1055.

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND DEPT. OF MINES. BEACH SAND HEAVY MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND. PUBLICATION NO. 302, BY

  • Deposit

    T.H. CONNAH, 1961.

  • Deposit

    UNIV. OF QUEENSLAND PRESS. BLACK SANDS. BY I.W. WORLEY.

  • Deposit

    NOV. 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-94 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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