Mine detail: Capel Amc

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.54597, 115.54933

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Ilmenite
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1956
Last production ended:	1987

Geology

Host rock:	Bassendean Sand
Host type:	Sand and Gravel
Structure:	Capel Shoreline -- Beach And Dune
Tectonic:	Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)

References

MRDS	ISM0715
DEP	10024963
Reference	{Deposit:: BAXTER J.L., 1977, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRLIA. MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, P.77-80.}{Deposit:: RENISON GOLDFIELDS CONSOLIDATED LTD., 1987, ANNUAL REPORT 1987.}{Production:: 79/00345}
Reporter	Fortowski, Dennis B.