Fraser Island

Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Titanium, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000796
MRDS ID ISM0650
Record type District
Current site name Fraser Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 153.11532, -25.3633 (WGS84)
Relative position FRASER ISLAND IS A 100KM LONG ISLAND OFF MARYBOROUGH, 200KM N OF BRISBANE. THE MAIN DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE VICINITY OF INDIAN HEAD IN THE NORTH, AND NORTH SPIT IN THE SOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 153.11532, -25.3633

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE -- DUNE AND BEACH DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1971
Year of last production 1976

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner PIVOT GROUP LTD.
    Interest 100
  • Type Owner
    Owner QUEENSLAND MINES PTY.LTD.
  • Type Owner
    Owner DILLINGHAM CONSTRUCTIONS PTY. LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOOKEY, J. AND HICKS, A., 1976, FRASER ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL INQUIRY; FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING SERVICE--CANBERRA. 268P.

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND DEPARTMENT OF MINES., 1975, ANNUAL REPORTS, 1975 AND 1976

Beyond USGS

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