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A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
VRILYA POINT
38243
46KM SW OF BAMAGA, 675KM NW OF CAIRNS.
Latitude -11.2422 Longitude 142.1633
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 627000 mE 8757000 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7375 VRILYA POINT
6/January/2006
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Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Comalco
BAUXITE
MEDIUM
100 000 000 - 200 000 000 t BX
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Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
100000000 tonnes Ore @
Company Report 11810 Published in 1983
100000000 Tonnes BAUXITE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
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Major Mining Related Events |
ML
7024
COMALCO ALUMINIUM LIMITED
100.00%
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Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
KARUMBA BASIN
Bulimba Formation / TERTIARY to TERTIARY
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
RESIDUAL DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
LATERITIC BAUXITE
BAUXITE
CAINOZOIC
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At Vrilya Point, Tertiary laterite crops out as a prominent cliff extending south for about 1 km. The cliff reaches a maximum height of |
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about 18 m but decreases in height to the south. |
The pisolitic zone is well developed in places but is somewhat irregular.
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Although the pisolitic character of the bauxite zone is similar in general appearance to that in the Weipa area, it differs from the southern |
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areas in that the bauxite is quite strongly cemented and even indurated in places. |