Mine detail: Minninup Hind-Dune

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.3793, 115.56601
dep_id: 10024968
mrds_id: ISM0720
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Ilmenite
Reporter: Towner, Roy R.
hrock_unit: Quindalup Dune System Safety Bay Sand
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Minninup Shoreline Of Swan Coastal Plain.
tectonic: Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Year first produced: 1986
yr_lst_prd: 1987
disc_yr: 1948
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:: COLLINS, L.P., AND HAMILTON, T.M., 1986, STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION AND HEAVY MINERAL ACCURMLATION IN THE MINNINUP SHORELINE, SOUTHWEST AUSTRALIA -IN AUSTRALIA: A WORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON. THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P17-21.
  • Deposit:: SCANLON, T.J., AND MARTINICK, W.G., 1986, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR MINING OF CABLE SAND*MINNINUP DEPOSIT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: IN AUSTRALIA: AWORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON: THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P. 211-214.
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