Mine detail: Capel South Mine, Australia

Previously called 'Capel Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

-33.59597, 115.49934

Resource(M)

Primary:	Titanium, Metal, Zirconium
Ore:	Ilmenite, Rutile, Xenotime, Zircon
Gangue:	Clay, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1956

Geology

Host type:	Clay, Mud,Sand and Gravel
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Fossil Shoreline, The Capel Line

References

MRDS	W029676
DEP	10100224
Reference	{Deposit:: KIPPENBERGER, C.: B.G.R. INTERNER BERICHT, 1977, INFORMATIONSREISE ZU AUSTRALISCHEN BERGBAUBETRIEBEN.}{Deposit:: HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1977, J.L. BAXTER}{Production:: J.L. BAXTER (1977)}
Reporter	Saam, Henning G.