Mine detail: Yoganup Extended

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -33.41264, 115.68266

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1972
Last production ended: 1987

Geology

Host rock:Yoganup Formation
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Yoganup Shoreline (Beach And Dune)
Tectonic:Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)

References

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DEP10024970
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.}{Deposit:: COLLINS, L.B., HOCHWIMMER, B., AND BAXTER, J.L., 1986, DEPOSITIONAL FACIES AND HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE YOGANUP SHORELINE, SOUTHERN PERTH BASIN - IN AUSTRALIA: A WORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON. THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P9-15.}{Deposit:: WESTRALIAN SANDS LTD., 1987, ANNUAL REPORTS FOR YEARS 1971 TO 1987 INCLUSIVE.}{Production:: 79/00345}
ReporterFortowski, Dennis B.