Mine detail: Mount Weld

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Location:	Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-28.86008, 122.5453
dep_id:	10023262
mrds_id:	I000060
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Minor mineral:	REE, Zirconium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Monazite
Reporter:	Orris, Greta J., Preston, W.
hrock_type:	Intrusive Carbonatite
arock_type:	Metasedimentary Rock,Metavolcanic Rock,Serpentinite
disc_yr:	1966
References:	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;