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Mineral deposits of the Palm Beach area, south-east Queensland

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The primary aim of the investigation was to determine the reserves and distribution of monazite in the deposits of heavy mineral sands along the East Coast. These deposits contain most of the known world reserves of zircon and rutile for which they are being exploited at various localities, mainly from North Stradbroke Island in Queensland to Ballina in New South Wales. Monazite forms little more than 0.5 per cent of the mixed concentrates, but can be recovered as a by-product from the separation of the other minerals. The monazite forms a source of supply of cerium and also of thorium. The thorium content of the monazite is determined on the basis of its radioactivity. This report gives an account of the field and laboratory work carried out. The results of the laboratory work, which included the separation and examination of minerals, the radiometric determination of quantities of monazite, and the investigation of the thoria content of monazite, are described in this report.

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Title Mineral deposits of the Palm Beach area, south-east Queensland
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/38921c14-8c4c-44c6-a6fe-144e8a5d8472
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Mineral deposits of the Palm Beach area, south-east Queensland". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mineral-deposits-of-the-palm-beach-area-south-east-queensland