Mine detail: Eneabba

Previously called 'Adamson DepositStage 1 Operations'

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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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