Mine detail: Yoganup Extended

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.41264, 115.68266
dep_id: 10024970
mrds_id: ISM0722
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: Yoganup Formation
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
Structure: Yoganup Shoreline (Beach And Dune)
tectonic: Perth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Year first produced: 1972
yr_lst_prd: 1987
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.
  • 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
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