Mine detail: Huntley

Previously called 'Darling RangeDwellingup'

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Location

Lat / long: -32.62933, 115.84933

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Ore: Bauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite
Gangue: Anatase, Goethite, Halloysite, Hematite, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: BLANKETS LENSES IN SML. BASINS
Discovery year: 1957

Production

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

Geology

Associated type:Granite
Structure:N-S-Striking Darling Range Fault
Tectonic:Yilgarn Block

References

MRDSW029789
DEP10111553
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: INTERNAL INFO. BGR}{Deposit:: INGRAM, J.A. 1973: MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO.1 BAUXITE DEPOSITS. DEPT. OF MINERALS AND ENERGY, CANBERRA.}{Deposit:: SADLEIR, S.B. AND GILKES, R.J. 1976: DEVELOPMENT OF BAUXITE ... NEAR JARRAHDALE WESTERN AUSTRALIA. JOURN. GEOL. SOC. OF AUSTRALIA VOL. 23 NO.4}{Deposit:: MURRAY, A. 1976: BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE JARRAHDALE AND DWELLINGUP REGIONS OF THE DARLING RANGE. EXCURSION GUIDE 50 AC, 25 INTERNAT. GEOL.CONGRESS}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.}{Production:: THE MINER, NOV. 15, 1976 P.11}
ReporterKrauss, Ulrich H.