Mine detail: Capel Amc Depost

Previously called 'Capel South Mine'

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.54597, 115.54933
dep_id: 10024938
mrds_id: ISM0690
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Ilmenite, Monazite, Zircon
Reporter: Gray, Johathan M., Porter, Lyn M.
hrock_unit: Bassendean Sand (Capel Shoreline)
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Capel Shoreline - Beach And Dune
tectonic: Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Year first produced: 1956
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1985
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY CONSOL. PRESS LTD, P. 218-232.
  • Deposit:: WELCH, B.R., SOFOULIS, J., FIGZGERALD, A.C.F., 1975, MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF THE CAPEL AREA WA, IN C.L. KNIGHT (EDITOR) ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA & PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AUS IMM MONOGRAPH 5, PART 1, METALS, P. 1070-1088.
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD.
  • Deposit:: BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF SAND MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BUREAU (ADAB) P. 65-79.
  • Deposit:: BAXTER, J.L. 1976, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WA, MINERAL RESOURCE BULLETIN 10, P. 50-52.
  • Deposit:: BMR, 1977-84, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEWS (AMIA*) 1976-83.
  • Deposit:: ANON, 1980, AUSTRALI* MINERAL RESOURCES: MINERAL SANDS. PUBLISHED FOR AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND RESOURCES BY AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING SERVICE.
  • Deposit:: CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS, 1980, CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS ANNUAL REPORT 1980
  • Production:: AMIA* 1980-84 PC1 AND PC4 - AMIA* 1976-83, PC3- BAXTER 1982, PC2 - CONSOL. GOLD FIELDS ANNUAL REPORT
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