Western Australia
Producer

Yoganup Extended Deposit

Western Australia, Australia
TitaniumMetalZirconiumREEThorium
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Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Monazite, Zircon
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Yoganup Formation
StructureYoganup Shoreline (Beach And Dune)
Tectonic settingPerth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1959
Last production1985
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10024956
MRDS IDISM0708
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-33.41264, 115.68266
References
AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED PRESS, P. 218-232.BAXTER, J., 1977, DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN AREA IN HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, GSWA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, P. 37-60, CHAPTER 4.BAXTER, J., 1982, HISTORY OF MINERAL SANDS MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN REFERENCE PSPERS: EXPLOITATION OF MINERAL SANDS, A COURSE SPONSORED BY ADAB AND ORGANIZED BY WAIT-AID LTD, P. 65-79.COLLINS, L.B., AND BAXTER, J.L., 1984, HEAVY MINERAL-BEARING STRANDLINE DEPPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH ENERGY BEACH ENVIRONMENTS, SOUTHERN PERTH BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, V.31, P. 287-292.COOPE, B., 1982, TITANIUM MINERALS - FOCUS ON PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1982, P.27-35.ANON, 1979, THE INDUSTRY'S COMPANIES - MINING HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA: QUARRY, MINE AND PIT, V. 18, NO. 9.RF1 PC1 WESTRALIAN SAND LTD ANNUAL REPORTS, PC2 BAXTER, 1982