Mine detail: Gove

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.29733, 136.74898

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum, Iron
Secondary:	Silica, Ferrosilicon, Titanium
Ore:	Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1972

Geology

Host rock:	Bauxites And Laterites;Mullaman-Beds;Granitic Basement, Gneisses And Granites
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel,Siltstone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Bauxite Layers From A Wide Bassin

References

MRDS	W029773
DEP	10079689
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.