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Weipa Bauxite Plateau - East Weipa, Andoon, Amrun, Aurukun, Bauxite Hills, Urquhart
Queensland, Qld, Australia
Main commodities: Al Kaolin




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2017.     Record last updated: 12/06/2019
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Clements, A., Bower, J., Mills, M. and Rees, I.,  2017 - Weipa bauxite plateau, Cape York: in Phillips, G.N., (Ed.), 2017 Australian Ore Deposits, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,   Mono 32, pp. 855-856.
Evans H J  1975 - Weipa bauxite deposit, Q: in Knight C L, (Ed.), 1975 Economic Geology of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 5 pp 959-964
Schaap A D  1990 - Weipa Kaolin and Bauxite deposits: in Hughes F E (Ed.), 1990 Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia & Papua New Guinea The AusIMM, Melbourne   Mono 14, v2 pp 1669-1673
Taylor, G., Eggleton, R.A., Foster, L.D. and Morgan, C.M.,  2008 - Landscapes and regolith of Weipa, northern Australia: in    Australian J. of Earth Sciences   v.55, pp S3-S16.


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