Mine detail: Bridge Hill Ridge Deposit

Previously called 'Smith LakeMyall LakeKataway Bay'

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Location

Lat / long: -32.41303, 152.46523

Resource(M)

Primary: Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium, REE
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE (AEOLIAN DUNES)
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1974
Last production ended: 1983

Geology

Structure:SHORELINE ENVIRONMENT WITH BEACH AND DUNE FORMATIONS

References

MRDSISM0634
DEP60000784
Reference{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUST. CONSOL. PRESS, P. 218-232}{Deposit:: COFFEY AND HOLLINGSWORTH P/L, 1974 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND STATEMENT OF PROPOSED MINING OPERATION AT BRIDGE HILL RIDGE NSW FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD MAY 1973.}{Deposit:: BUNNING, W., 1974, REPORT SHIRE OF GREAT LAKES PROPOSED MINING OF HIGH DUNES ADJOINING THE MYALL-SMITH LAKES. APPEAL BY MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD.}{Deposit:: LEWIS, J., 1983, SAND MINING ENDS IN THE MYALL LAKES, MINING REVIEW, MAY 1983, P. 9.}