Queensland
Producer

Weipa Andoom

Queensland, Australia
AluminumKaolin
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
SecondaryKaolin
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBoehmite, Gibbsite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1963
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10159284
Alternate namesWeipa Bauxites, Lorim Point, Weipa and Andoom, Weipa Peninsula Mine
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-12.66012, 141.89309
References
ANON., 1964, EXPANSION OF WEIPA TO START THIS YEAR, MININGAND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REVIEW, OCT., P. 32-33.ANON., 1974, WEIPA BAUXITE, MINING MAGAZINE, JAN., P.12-21.ANON., 1975 THROUGH 1979, ANNUAL REPORTS AND REPORTS TO THEAUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES, COMALCO, LTD., SYDNEY.BARTLETT, A.H. 1976, OPEN LETTER TO PROFESSOR E.H. ERIKSON,EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.CHADWICK, J.R., 1981, WEIPA-THE WORLD'S LARGEST BAUXITEMINE, WORLD MINING, JAN., P. 36-39.EVANS, H.J., 1965, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF WEIPA, GEOLOGY OFAUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS; EIGHTH COMMONWEALTH MINING ANDMETALL. CONGRESS, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, 1965, THEOFFICE OF THE CONGRESS AND THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OFMINING AND METALLURGY, MELBOURNE.FREE, G.D., 1978, MINING OPERATIONS AT WEIPA, NORTHQUEENLAND CONFERENCE, 1978, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OFMINING AND METALL., MELBOURNE.MCDONALD, K.B., AND MORTIMER, R.R., 1978, RAIL HAULAGE ANDOFF-HIGHWAY TRUCK DEVELOPMENT AT WEIPA, NORTH QUEENLANDCONFERENCE, 1978 AUSTRALASIAN INST. OF MINING AND METALLROBERTS, R.H., 1977, BAUXITE MINING - WEIPA 1967-1977,SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS FALL MEETING, ST. LOUIS, MO.OCT, P. 1-15.IBA REVIEW. JAN.-MAR. 1992, P. 13.AUSTRALIA'S MINING WEEKLY. NOV. 1994, P. 33-34.