Mine detail: Jurien Bay Deposit

Previously called 'Jurien Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: -30.31279, 115.16607

Resource(B)

Primary: Titanium, REE, Thorium, Kyanite, Zirconium
Discovery year: 1971

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1975
Last production ended: 1977

Geology

Structure:MUNBINEA SHORELINE - BEACH AND DUNE DEPOSITS

References

MRDSISM0705
DEP60000838
Reference{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED PRESS P. 218-232.}{Deposit:: BAXTER, J.L., 1977,HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MINERAL RES BULL. 10, P. 75-77.}{Deposit:: BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF MINERAL SANDS MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN REFERENCE PAPERS: EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS, AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BUREAU (ADAB) AND WA SCHOOL OF MINES KALGOORLIE (WAIT).}{Deposit:: GARDINER, J.E., 1977, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS ALONG THE COAST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BMR RECORD 1977/34.}{Deposit:: NATIONAL MINER, 1977, AUSTRALIAN MINES HANDBOOK, P. 145.}