Mine detail: Weipa

Previously called 'Cape YorkComalco'

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -12.66399, 141.91556
dep_id: 10079687
mrds_id: W029769
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Kaolinite
gangue: Anatase, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
conc_proc: Lateritization
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_type: Silt,Arkose
Year first produced: 1963
disc_yr: 1955
discr: H.J. Evans
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: INTERNAL INFORM.
  • Deposit:: INGRAM, J.A. 1973: MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 1 BAUXITE DEPOSITS. DEPT. OF MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES, CANBERRA
  • Deposit:: COMALCO LTD.,1977, ANNUAL REPORT
  • Deposit:: ASIA MINING, DEC. 1975
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 1974
  • Production:: 5) ANNUAL REPORT 1977, COMALCO
  • Reserve-Resource:: COMPANY REPORTS
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