Mine detail: Weipa

Previously called 'Cape YorkComalco'

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.66399, 141.91556

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Ore:	Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Kaolinite
Gangue:	Anatase, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1963

Geology

Host type:

Silt,Arkose

References

MRDS	W029769
DEP	10079687
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.