Mine detail: Unnamed-Beach Between Richmond River and 2 Miles S. of Evans Head

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Location

Lat / long:

-29.15977, 153.42912

Resource(M)

Primary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Tin, Titanium, Metal, PGE, Thorium, Gold
Ore:	Ilmenite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Orebody form:	BEACH SANDS
Discovery year:	1878

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:

Sand and Gravel

References

MRDS	M045049
DEP	10037858
Reference	{Deposit:: IMPERIAL INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS, P. 74}{Deposit:: WHITWORTH, H.F., 1931, THE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE NATURAL BEACH SAND CONCENTRATES OF NEW SOUTH WALES, JOURN. PROC. ROY SOC. N.S.W., 65, PT 1, P. 59-74}{Production:: MERTIE (1969)}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.