Mine detail: Dunkley/Norton Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.52097, 115.54933

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1984
Last production ended:	1985

Geology

Host rock:	Bassendean Sand
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Part Of The Capel Shoreline, Predominantly Dunal, Also Beach
Tectonic:	Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)

References

MRDS	ISM0699
DEP	10024947
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Towner Roy R., Gray Jonathan