Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Thorium, Zirconium, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePLACER, MARINE (AEOLIAN DUNES)
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureSHORELINE ENVIRONMENT WITH BEACH AND DUNE FORMATIONS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1974
Last production1983
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID60000784
MRDS IDISM0634
Alternate namesMyall Lake, Kataway Bay, Smith Lake
RegionOC
Data scoreD
Coordinates-32.41303, 152.46523
References
AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS, 1984, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING 1984-85, PUBLISHED BY AUST. CONSOL. PRESS, P. 218-232COFFEY AND HOLLINGSWORTH P/L, 1974 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND STATEMENT OF PROPOSED MINING OPERATION AT BRIDGE HILL RIDGE NSW FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD MAY 1973.BUNNING, W., 1974, REPORT SHIRE OF GREAT LAKES PROPOSED MINING OF HIGH DUNES ADJOINING THE MYALL-SMITH LAKES. APPEAL BY MINERAL DEPOSITS LTD.LEWIS, J., 1983, SAND MINING ENDS IN THE MYALL LAKES, MINING REVIEW, MAY 1983, P. 9.