Cockburn mineral sands prospect (Amy Zone), Cockburn Station, Shark Bay Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cockburn mineral sands prospect (Amy Zone) | Prospect |
| Cockburn Station | - not defined - |
| Shark Bay Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° 38' 2'' South , 114° 6' 8'' East
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Cockburn is a large mineral sands prospect, and potential mine, needing a company with funds to develop it. The prospect is south of Hamelin Pool, and about 10 kilometres west of the Cockburn Station pastoral homestead. The prospect borders the eastern boundary of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area.
The prospect covers 1200 square kilometres of old palaeo shorelines. The main deposit is called the Amy Zone, 35 kilometres long by up to 3 kilometres wide, 10-50 metres deep.
There is a JORC complaint Inferred Resource of 308 MT at 1.2 HM being zircon 23%, titanium ilmenite minerals 48%, rutile 7% and leucoxene 5%. The northern part of the deposit is non JORC complaint at the time of writing, believed to contain 106 Mt at 1.3% HM.
The deposit was discovered around 2000, with a feasibility study for mining carried out in 2009 and 2013.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| β Ilmenite Formula: Fe2+TiO3 Reference: http://www.strandline.com.au/irm/content/coburn-heavy-mineral-sands-project-100.aspx?RID=306 |
| β 'Leucoxene' Reference: http://www.strandline.com.au/irm/content/coburn-heavy-mineral-sands-project-100.aspx?RID=306 |
| β Rutile Formula: TiO2 Reference: http://www.strandline.com.au/irm/content/coburn-heavy-mineral-sands-project-100.aspx?RID=306 |
| β Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) Reference: http://www.strandline.com.au/irm/content/coburn-heavy-mineral-sands-project-100.aspx?RID=306 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Ilmenite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2+TiO3 |
| β | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Leucoxene' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| O | β Rutile | TiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Ti | β Rutile | TiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
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