Eneabba Amc Deposit
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Yoganup Formation (Eneabba Shoreline) — Sand and Gravel
- Tectonic setting
- Perth Basin
Eneabba Shoreline - Beach And Dune
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Discovered
- 1968
- First production
- 1974
- Last production
- 1985
Records and references
PHILLIPS, B.M., BASSETT, N.,1979, DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENEABBA MINERAL SANDS OPERATION OF ASSOCIATED MINERALS CONSOLIDATED LTD, IN AUSTRALIAN IMM WESTERN AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE, 1979, P. 69-77. BAXTER, J.L., 1976, DEPOSITS OF THE MIDLANDS AREA IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MIN. RES. BULLETIN 10, P. 61-81. LISSIMAN, J.C., OXENFORD, R.J., ENEABBA RUTILE-ZIRCON-ILMENITE SANDS, WA IN C.L. KNIGHT (ED.), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA & PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AUST IMM, MON. 5, PT 1, METALS, P. 1062-1070. BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF MINERAL SANDS MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN REFERENCE PAPERS: EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS, A COURSE SPONSORED BY ADAB AND ORGANIZED BY WAIT-AID LTD. ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD. AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUST. CONSOL. PRESS. P. 218-232. RGC, 1984, RENISON GOLDFIELDS CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 1984. BMR, 1977-84, AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEWS (AMIAR'S) 1977-83. CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS, 1980, CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS ANNUAL REPORT 1980AMIAR'S 1981-84 PC1 & PC3 AMIAR'S 1977-83, PC2 & PC5 BAXTER 1982, PC4 CONSOL. GOLD FIELDS ANN. REP. 1980
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10024894 — view the source record
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Location on Map
Coordinates: -29.77944, 115.31604
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