Mine detail: Dunkley/Norton

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.52097, 115.54933
dep_id: 10024965
mrds_id: ISM0717
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite
Reporter: Fortowski, Dennis B.
hrock_unit: Bassendean Sand
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Part Of Capel Shoreline, Predominantly Dunal, Also Beach Sand
tectonic: Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Year first produced: 1984
yr_lst_prd: 1986
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: BAXTER J.L., 1977, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, P77-80.
  • Deposit:: CLARK, GERRY., 1987, ZIRCON--IN DEMAND AS AVAILABILITY SQUEEZED: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS NO. 232, P. 35-45.
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