Mine detail: Gingin Diatomite Deposit

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -31.45576, 115.75906
dep_id: 10023636
mrds_id: I001014
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Diatomite
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
model: 222: Lacustrine diatomite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Preston, W
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Year first produced: 1984
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., SWEENEY, V., 1989, DIATOMITE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINERAL RESOURCES 46, 161 P
  • Production:: HOLMES AND OTHERS, 1989.
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