Western Australia
Prospect

Mount Weld

Western Australia, Australia
Phosphorus-PhosphatesNiobium (Columbium)TantalumREEZirconium
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
SecondaryREE, Zirconium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsMonazite
Geology
Host rockIntrusive Carbonatite
Associated rockMetasedimentary Rock,Metavolcanic Rock,Serpentinite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1966
Identification
Deposit ID10023262
MRDS IDI000060
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-28.86008, 122.5453
References
ROBJOHNS, NICOLA, 1990, RARE EARTHS, IN SPECIALTY METALS: METALS & MINERALS ANNUAL REVIEW - 1990, P. 78-80.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 272, P. 8.STEWART, G.N., 1990, AUSTRALIA, IN PACIFIC AND AUSTRALASIA: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1990, P. 80.MINING JOURNAL, 1989, INDUSTRY IN ACTION: V. 313, NO. 8031, P. 84.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 257, P. 10-11.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1988, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 253, P. 8-9.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1988, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 252, P. 16.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1991, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 286, P. 8.DUNCAN, R.K., AND WILLET, G.D., 1990, MOUNT WELD CARBONATITE, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 591-597.ROBJOHNS, 1990, FOR FIRST TWO FIGURES; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, FOR THIRD AND FOURTH FIGURES; FIFTH FIGURE FROM STEWART, 1990. 1988 RESERVE FIGURES ARE FROM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS (1988, 1989) AND INDICATED RESERVES POSTDATE INFERRED RESOURCES; DUNCAN AND WILLET, 1990;