Mine detail: Weipa Andoom

Previously called 'Weipa BauxitesLorim PointWeipa and AndoomWeipa Peninsula Mine'

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -12.66012, 141.89309
dep_id: 10159284
mas_id: 6020350037
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Minor mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Boehmite, Gibbsite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Wilburn, David R.
Year first produced: 1963
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1964, EXPANSION OF WEIPA TO START THIS YEAR, MINING
  • Deposit:: AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REVIEW, OCT., P. 32-33.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1974, WEIPA BAUXITE, MINING MAGAZINE, JAN., P.12-21.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1975 THROUGH 1979, ANNUAL REPORTS AND REPORTS TO THE
  • Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES, COMALCO, LTD., SYDNEY.
  • Deposit:: BARTLETT, A.H. 1976, OPEN LETTER TO PROFESSOR E.H. ERIKSON,
  • Deposit:: EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.
  • Deposit:: CHADWICK, J.R., 1981, WEIPA-THE WORL* LARGEST BAUXITE
  • Deposit:: MINE, WORLD MINING, JAN., P. 36-39.
  • Deposit:: EVANS, H.J., 1965, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF WEIPA, GEOLOGY OF
  • Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS; EIGHTH COMMONWEALTH MINING AND
  • Deposit:: METALL. CONGRESS, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, 1965, THE
  • Deposit:: OFFICE OF THE CONGRESS AND THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF
  • Deposit:: MINING AND METALLURGY, MELBOURNE.
  • Deposit:: FREE, G.D., 1978, MINING OPERATIONS AT WEIPA, NORTH
  • Deposit:: QUEENLAND CONFERENCE, 1978, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF
  • Deposit:: MINING AND METALL., MELBOURNE.
  • Deposit:: MCDONALD, K.B., AND MORTIMER, R.R., 1978, RAIL HAULAGE AND
  • Deposit:: OFF-HIGHWAY TRUCK DEVELOPMENT AT WEIPA, NORTH QUEENLAND
  • Deposit:: CONFERENCE, 1978 AUSTRALASIAN INST. OF MINING AND METALL
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.H., 1977, BAUXITE MINING - WEIPA 1967-1977,
  • Deposit:: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS FALL MEETING, ST. LOUIS, MO.
  • Deposit:: OCT, P. 1-15.
  • Production:: IBA REVIEW. JAN.-MAR. 1992, P. 13.
  • Production:: AUSTRALI* MINING WEEKLY. NOV. 1994, P. 33-34.
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