Mine detail: Capel North Deposit

Previously called 'Capel Mine'

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.51264, 115.58266
dep_id: 10024946
mrds_id: ISM0696
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite, Monazite, Zircon
Reporter: Porter, Lyn M.
hrock_unit: Bassendean Sand
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Predominantly Dune, Also Beach And Swale Deposits; Part Of Bassendean Dune System, Capel Shoreline.
tectonic: Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Year first produced: 1964
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1985
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • 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
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