Mine detail: Minninup Hind-Dune

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -33.3793, 115.56601

Resource(M)

Primary: Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Ore: Ilmenite
Discovery year: 1948

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1986
Last production ended: 1987

Geology

Host rock:Quindalup Dune System Safety Bay Sand
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Minninup Shoreline Of Swan Coastal Plain.
Tectonic:Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)

References

MRDSISM0720
DEP10024968
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:: 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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