Mine detail: Yoganup Extended Deposit

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.41264, 115.68266
dep_id: 10024956
mrds_id: ISM0708
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., And Gray, Jonathan M.
hrock_unit: Yoganup Formation
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Yoganup Shoreline (Beach And Dune)
tectonic: Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Year first produced: 1959
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1985
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • 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
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