Authors / CoAuthors
Gardner, D.E. | Ward, J. | Dimmick, T.D. | Edhouse, L.M. | Lee, L.R.
Abstract
The deposits of heavy mineral sands along the East Coast of Australia are being investigated primarily to determine their content of monazite. These deposits contain most of the known world reserves of zircon and rutile for which they are being exploited at various localities. Monazite, a phosphate of cerium, lanthanum, praseodymium and other rare earths, with thorium silicate, is utilised commercially as a source of cerium and of thorium. In this investigation, the thorium content on the monazite is being determined on the basis of its radioactivity. Two deposits in the Tweed-Fingal area were examined. The geology of the area, methods of testing, and the results of the investigation are discussed in this report.
Product Type
document
eCat Id
9487
Contact for the resource
Custodian
Owner
Custodian
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
Keywords
-
- GA PublicationRecord
- ( Theme )
-
- mineral deposits
- ( Theme )
-
- resource assessment
- ( Theme )
-
- mineralogy
- ( Theme )
-
- geology
-
- AU-NSW
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
-
- Geology
-
- Published_External
Publication Date
1950-01-01T00:00:00
Creation Date
Security Constraints
Legal Constraints
Status
Purpose
Maintenance Information
unknown
Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
Series Information
Record 1950/019
Lineage
Legacy product, lineage not available
Parent Information
Extents
[-28.3, -28.1, 153.4, 153.6]
Reference System
Spatial Resolution
Service Information
Associations
Source Information
Legacy product, source data not available.