Mine detail: Coates

Previously called 'Wundowie Vanadium Deposit.Coates Vanadium DepositCoates Siding Vanadium Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

-31.74604, 116.38266

Resource(M)

Primary:	Vanadium
Discovery year:	1961

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1980
Last production ended:	1981

Geology

Host rock:	Coates Gabbro;Tert
Host type:	Gabbro
Structure:	Magnetite-Gabbro Intrusion In Granitic Rocks
Tectonic:	Archaean Shield

References

MRDS	ISM0761
DEP	10025009
Reference	{Deposit:: BAXTER, J.L. 1978 - MOLYBDENUM, TUNGSTEN, VANADIUM AND CHROMITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 97-99.}{Deposit:: PRATT, R. 1982 - VANADIUM IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW 1980, 1981. BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS.}{Production:: PRATT, R 1984 RF3ORE/R}
Reporter	Pratt, Roger C.