Durack mineral sands prospect, Three Springs, Three Springs Shire, Western Australia, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 29° 33' 54'' South , 115° 36' 31'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -29.56527,115.60884 |
| GeoHash: | G#: qddpy9zcc |
| Locality type: | Prospect |
| Köppen climate type: | Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate |
The Durack mineral sands deposit is approximately 10 kilometres west of Three Springs, and 5 kilometres north of the Eneabba-Three Springs Road.
Durack is a broad dunal style heavy mineral sands deposit. Mineralisation occurs from the surface to a depth of 16.5 metres, averaging 6 metres thick.
The resource is 65.3 Mt @ 1.8 HM, containing 1.2 Mt HM (Indicated and Inferred JORC resource), including a high grade component 24.2 Mt @ 3% HM (Indicated and Inferred JORC resource). The deposit contains 170 000 tonnes of zircon, 824 000 tonnes of ilmenite, 65 000 tonnes of leucoxene, and 33 000 tonnes of rutile.
Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
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This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Cretaceous - Jurassic 66 - 201.3 Ma ID: 3187905 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Mesozoic (66 - 201.3 Ma) Comments: Perth Basin Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Tithonian - Bathonian 145 - 168.3 Ma ID: 720817 | Yarragadee Formation Age: Jurassic (145 - 168.3 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Yarragadee Formation Description: Fine to coarse-grained, poorly sorted feldspathic sandstone, thin beds of shale, sitlstone; minor conglomerate and coal present. Comments: sedimentary siliciclastic; organic-rich rock; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary siliciclastic; organic-rich rock Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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