Location: | Western Australia, Australia, Oceania |
Lat / long: | -29.89611, 115.26604 |
dep_id: | 10079636 |
mrds_id: | W029688 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium |
Minor mineral: | REE |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Ilmenite, Kyanite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon |
gangue: | Quartz |
orebody_fm: | LENTICULAR |
conc_proc: | Heavy Minerals Concentration In An Ancient Bay; Wave/Wind Action |
ore_ctrl: | Fossil Shorelines |
Reporter: | Saam, Henning G., Krauss, Ulrich H., Orris, Greta J. |
hrock_unit: | South-Perth-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates;Yarragadee Formation; Siltstones, Sandstones, Conglo;Cockleshell-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates |
hrock_type: | Sand and Gravel |
Year first produced: | 1973 |
disc_yr: | 1970 |
References: |
- Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINING, SEPT. 1973, FIRST PLANT AT ENEABBA BEGINS OPERATIONS.
- Deposit:: LISSIMAN, J.C, AND OXENFORD, R.J., THE ALLIED MINERALS N.L. HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSIT AT ENEABBA, W.A., MAY 1973.
- Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1974, REVIEW.
- Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 51.
- Production:: BAXTER, 1977
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