Mine detail: Mount Saddleback

Previously called 'Alwest'

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Location: Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -32.92932, 116.09932
dep_id: 10079690
mrds_id: W029777
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET, LENSES
model: 111: Bauxite, laterite type
conc_proc: Lateritization
ore_ctrl: Hill Slopes; Altitude Between 240 And 440 M Asl
Reporter: Krauss, Ulrich H.
arock_type: Granite
Structure: N-S Striking Darling Range Fault
tectonic: Yilgarn Block
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: INTERNAL INFO. BGR 1977
  • Deposit:: INGRAM, J.A. 1973: MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO.1 BAUXITE DEPOSITS.- DEPT. OF MINERALS AND ENERGY CANBERRA
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JAN., 1987, P. 60.
  • Reserve-Resource:: INTERNAL INFO BGR., TN 1.8.72
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