Mine detail: Dunkley/Norton

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.52097, 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:	1984
Last production ended:	1986

Geology

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

References

MRDS	ISM0717
DEP	10024965
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Fortowski, Dennis B.