Mine detail: Eneabba

Previously called 'Adamson DepositStage 1 Operations'

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Location

Lat / long:

-29.89611, 115.26604

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
Secondary:	REE
Ore:	Ilmenite, Kyanite, Monazite, Rutile, Zircon
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1970

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1973

Geology

Host rock:	South-Perth-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates;Yarragadee Formation; Siltstones, Sandstones, Conglo;Cockleshell-Formation, Siltstones Sandstones, Conglomerates
Host type:	Sand and Gravel

References

MRDS	W029688
DEP	10079636
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G., Krauss, Ulrich H., Orris, Greta J.