Mine detail: Yoganup Centalmine, Australia

Previously called 'Yoganup Mine'

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -33.61264, 115.59933
dep_id: 10079628
mrds_id: W029677
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium, Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
ore: Ilmenite, Monazite, Zircon
gangue: Kaolin, Muscovite, Quartz
conc_proc: Heavy Minerals Concentration In An Ancient Bay, Wave/Wind Actions
ore_ctrl: Fossil Shorelines
Reporter: Saam, Henning G.
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
arock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Shores Of Geographe Bay, Yoganup Shoreline
Year first produced: 1959
References:
  • Deposit:: JOBSO* MINING YEARBOOK FOR 1975/76, P.290
  • Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINER 6.12.73.P.12
  • Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, MONTHLY, 5/76
  • Deposit:: HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, J.L. BAXTER 1977.
  • Production:: 8&9) DEPARTMENT OF MINES, (STATISTICS BRANCH); 17-23) INDUSTRY MINERALS, SEPT. 1974
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