Mine detail: Mount Weld

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -28.86008, 122.5453

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Secondary: REE, Zirconium
Ore: Monazite
Discovery year: 1966

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Intrusive Carbonatite
Associated type:Metasedimentary Rock,Metavolcanic Rock,Serpentinite

References

MRDSI000060
DEP10023262
Reference{Deposit:: ROBJOHNS, NICOLA, 1990, RARE EARTHS, IN SPECIALTY METALS: METALS & MINERALS ANNUAL REVIEW - 1990, P. 78-80.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 272, P. 8.}{Deposit:: STEWART, G.N., 1990, AUSTRALIA, IN PACIFIC AND AUSTRALASIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 80.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1989, INDUSTRY IN ACTION: V. 313, NO. 8031, P. 84.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 257, P. 10-11.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1988, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 253, P. 8-9.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1988, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 252, P. 16.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1991, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 286, P. 8.}{Deposit:: DUNCAN, R.K., AND WILLET, G.D., 1990, MOUNT WELD CARBONATITE, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 591-597.}{Reserve-Resource:: ROBJOHNS, 1990, FOR FIRST TWO FIGURES; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, FOR THIRD AND FOURTH FIGURES; FIFTH FIGURE FROM STEWART, 1990. 1988 RESERVE FIGURES ARE FROM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS (1988, 1989) AND INDICATED RESERVES POSTDATE INFERRED RESOURCES; DUNCAN AND WILLET, 1990;}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Preston, W.