Mine detail: Dunkley/Norton Deposit

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.52097, 115.54933
dep_id: 10024947
mrds_id: ISM0699
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite, Monazite, Zircon
Reporter: Towner Roy R., Gray Jonathan
hrock_unit: Bassendean Sand
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Part Of The Capel Shoreline, Predominantly Dunal, Also Beach
tectonic: Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Year first produced: 1984
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 ESWA MINERAL RESOURCE, BULLETIN 10, P. 37-60.
  • Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED PRESS P. 218-232.
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