Mine detail: Gove

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -12.29733, 136.74898
dep_id: 10079689
mrds_id: W029773
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Iron
Minor mineral: Silica, Ferrosilicon, Titanium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
conc_proc: Lateritization And Sediment Transport
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
hrock_unit: Bauxites And Laterites;Mullaman-Beds;Granitic Basement, Gneisses And Granites
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel,Siltstone
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Bauxite Layers From A Wide Bassin
Year first produced: 1972
disc_yr: 1952
discr: Puckey And Richardson
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: A.SOMM 1976 P.13 AND INTERNAL INFO BGR
  • Deposit:: SOMM, A. 1976: BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF GOVE. IN EXURSION GUIDE NO.49 AC. 25TH INTERNATIONAL GEOL. CONGRESS
  • Deposit:: GRUBB, P.L.C. 1970: MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GENESIS OF THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS ON THE GOVE AND MITCHELL PLATEAUX. MINERAL. DEPOSITA VOL.5 PP.248-272
  • Deposit:: INGRAM, J.A. 1973: MINERAL RECOURSES REPORT NO.1, BAUXITE DEPOSITS, DEPT. OF MINERALS AND ENERGY, CANBERRA.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.
  • Production:: 1-4) AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, ANNUAL REVIEWS, 17&18) JOBSONS MINING YEARBOOK.
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