A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
MIAMBA LIMESTONE DEPOSIT
36001
5.5 KM NORTH-EAST OF BONSHAW, 230KM WEST OF BRISBANE.
Latitude -29.0147 Longitude 151.3161
MINERAL OCCURRENCE
AMG Zone 56 336000 mE 6789200 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 9139 ASHFORD
17/October/2005
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
LIMESTONE
SMALL
100 000 - 2 000 000 tonnes LST
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
BR 2818 Published in 1973
250000 Tonnes Per Vertical Metre LIMESTONE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1973
SIEMON, J.E.
BR 2818
LIMESTONE RESOURCES OF THE WARWICK-TEXAS AREA.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF QUEENSLAND, REPORT 80.
Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS
DREDGING
SURFACE MINING METHODS
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
TEXAS SUBPROVINCE
Texas beds / CARBONIFEROUS to CARBONIFEROUS
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
LIMESTONE DEPOSIT
LIMESTONE
LATE DEVONIAN to EARLY |
CARBONIFEROUS |
Limestone is light to dark grey and fossiliferous, with some interbedded sediments.