Mine detail: Capel North Deposit

Previously called 'Capel Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: -33.51264, 115.58266

Resource(M)

Primary: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
Ore: Ilmenite, Monazite, Zircon
Discovery year: 1954

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1964
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Bassendean Sand
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Predominantly Dune, Also Beach And Swale Deposits; Part Of Bassendean Dune System, Capel Shoreline.
Tectonic:Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)

References

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DEP10024946
Reference{Deposit:: BAXTER, J.L., 1977, DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN AREA IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, CHAPTER 4, P. 37-60.}{Deposit:: COOPE, B., 1982, TITANIUM MINERALS - FOCUS ON PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS JULY 1982, P. 27-35.}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED PRESS, P. 218-232.}{Deposit:: ANON, 1979, THE INDUSTR* COMPANIES - MINING HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA, QUARRY MINE AND PIT V. 18, NO. 9.}{Deposit:: BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF MINERAL SANDS MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA P. 65-79 IN EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS BY AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BUREAU.}{Production:: WESTRALIAN SANDS ANNUAL REPORT 1983, P. 5. PC1 (BAXTER, 1982, TABLE 1); PC2, PC3 - BASED COMPANY ANNUAL REPORTS}
ReporterPorter, Lyn M.