Koombana Bay

Koombana Bay

Placer, shoreline rare earth element deposit in Western Australia, Australia

Deposit type: Placer, shoreline

REE minerals: xenotime

Ore minerals: ilmenite, zircon, rutile, leucoxene

Gangue minerals: quartz

Average grade:

Status: Past producer byproduct monazite

Discovered 1949. Closed 1966. Part of Minniup shoreline beach and dune deposits. Near Bunbury.

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