Mine detail: Yoganup Extended Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -33.41264, 115.68266

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: 1959
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Yoganup Formation
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Yoganup Shoreline (Beach And Dune)
Tectonic:Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)

References

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DEP10024956
Reference{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED PRESS, P. 218-232.}{Deposit:: BAXTER, J., 1977, DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN AREA IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, P. 37-60, CHAPTER 4.}{Deposit:: BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF MINERAL SANDS MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN REFERENCE PSPERS: EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS, A COURSE SPONSORED BY ADAB AND ORGANIZED BY WAIT-AID LTD, P. 65-79.}{Deposit:: COLLINS, L.B., AND BAXTER, J.L., 1984, HEAVY MINERAL-BEARING STRANDLINE DEPPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH ENERGY BEACH ENVIRONMENTS, SOUTHERN PERTH BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, V.31, P. 287-292.}{Deposit:: COOPE, B., 1982, TITANIUM MINERALS - FOCUS ON PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1982, P.27-35.}{Deposit:: ANON, 1979, THE INDUSTR* COMPANIES - MINING HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA: QUARRY, MINE AND PIT, V. 18, NO. 9.}{Production:: RF1 PC1 WESTRALIAN SAND LTD ANNUAL REPORTS, PC2 BAXTER, 1982}
ReporterPorter, Lyn M., And Gray, Jonathan M.