A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
TURTLE HEAD ISLAND
45450
32.1 KM SE OF CAPE YORK, 670KM NW OF CAIRNS.
Latitude -10.9311 Longitude 142.6903
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ABANDONED PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 684721 mE 8791117 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7476 CAPE YORK
15/April/2004
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
BAUXITE
SMALL
100 000 - 100 000 000 tonnes BX
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
BR 3139 Published in 1969
60000000 Tonnes BAUXITE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1969
WILLMOTT, W.F., PALFREYMAN, W.D., TRAIL, D.S., & WHITAKER, W.G.
BR 3139
THE IGNEOUS ROCKS OF TORRES STRAIT, QUEENSLAND AND PAPUA.
BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, AUSTRALIA, RECORD 1969/119.
Major Mining Related Events |
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
KARUMBA BASIN
Helby beds / LATE JURASSIC to EARLY CRETACEOUS
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
RESIDUAL DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
LATERITIC BAUXITE
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
DUNE DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
DUNE DEPOSIT SILICA SAND
BAUXITE
CAINOZOIC
Bauxite is exposed in cliffs on the north-east coastline of Turtle Head Island. It occurs as small residuals of aluminous laterite beneath a |
cover of dune sand. |
The bauxite is a hard, red pisolitic material and is generally abundant in visible iron and silica. Pure gibbsite cores are rare within |
pisolites and the pisolites form a hard, fused mass which is very resistant to erosion. |
The deposits are 0.3 to 5.0 m thick, but deeper areas are generally very low grade.