A reconnaissance bauxite investigation on New Hannover and nearby islands

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

This report describes a visit to New Hanover Island to ascertain quickly the possibility of contemporary bauxite occurring in deposits of economic grade and the dimensions. As time was limited, the investigation was directed towards the most topographically favourable areas within easy reach from the coast.

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Title A reconnaissance bauxite investigation on New Hannover and nearby islands
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4599e761-6b71-4403-b592-dee114efd8ce
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    150.0,
    -2.0
  ],
  "type": "Point"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "A reconnaissance bauxite investigation on New Hannover and nearby islands". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/a-reconnaissance-bauxite-investigation-on-new-hannover-and-nearby-islands