Weipa

Queensland, Australia

Aluminum

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Description

H.J. Evans

Commodities

PrimaryAluminum

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Model111: Bauxite, laterite type

Deposit sizeL

WorkingsSurface

Orebody formBLANKET

Materials

Ore mineralsBauxite, Boehmite, Gibbsite, Kaolinite

GangueAnatase, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockSilt,Arkose

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1963

Discovery year1955

Identification

Deposit ID10079687

MRDS IDW029769

Alternate namesCape York, Comalco

RegionOC

Data scoreB

Coordinates-12.66399, 141.91556

References

SRC.REF: INTERNAL INFORM.INGRAM, J.A. 1973: MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 1 BAUXITE DEPOSITS. DEPT. OF MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES, CANBERRACOMALCO LTD.,1977, ANNUAL REPORTASIA MINING, DEC. 1975MINING MAGAZINE, JAN. 19745) ANNUAL REPORT 1977, COMALCOCOMPANY REPORTS