Commodities
PrimaryZirconium, Titanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel · Quindalup Dune System Safety Bay Sand
StructureMinninup Shoreline Of Swan Coastal Plain.
Tectonic settingPerth Basin (Bunbury Trough)
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1986
Last production1987
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10024968
MRDS IDISM0720
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-33.3793, 115.56601
References
BAXTER J.L., 1977, HEAVY MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 10, P77-80.COLLINS, L.P., AND HAMILTON, T.M., 1986, STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION AND HEAVY MINERAL ACCURMLATION IN THE MINNINUP SHORELINE, SOUTHWEST AUSTRALIA -IN AUSTRALIA: A WORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON. THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING & METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P17-21.SCANLON, T.J., AND MARTINICK, W.G., 1986, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING FOR MINING OF CABLE SANDS' MINNINUP DEPOSIT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: IN AUSTRALIA: AWORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON: THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P. 211-214.