A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
MOUNT KELLY
43470
90KM NORTH OF MOUNT ISA.
Latitude -19.8978 Longitude 139.1436
ABANDONED, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 305664 mE 7798760 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 6758 MAMMOTH MINES
16/December/2005
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Mount Kelly Workings
COPPER
MEDIUM
50 000 - 250 000 tonnes CU
251,935
1/01/1930
31/12/1958
tonnes ore
COPPER
OTHER
164.7 tonnes
6.50 percent
107
1/07/1967
30/06/1968
tonnes ore
COPPER
OTHER
4.6 tonnes
4.30 percent
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
1600000 tonnes Ore @
BR 5105 Published in 1996
OXIDE ORE
41600 Tonnes COPPER
2.60 % COPPER
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
1000000 tonnes Ore @
BR 5105 Published in 1996
PRIMARY ORE
22000 Tonnes COPPER
2.20 % COPPER
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1996
DERRICK, G.M.
BR 5105
The 'Geophysical' Approach to Metallogeny of the Mt Isa Inlier - What Sort of Orebody do you Want?
In Diversity, the Key to Prosperity. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Perth, Publication Series, No. 1/96, 349-366.
Major Mining Related Events |
ADITS
OPEN CUT MINING
UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS
DECLINED SHAFTS/DRIVES
SHAFTS
STOPES
ML
5435
REEFWAY PTY LTD
100.00%
ML
5446
REEFWAY PTY LTD
100.00%
ML
5448
REEFWAY PTY LTD
100.00%
ML
5478
REEFWAY PTY LTD
100.00%
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
LAWN HILL SUBPROVINCE
Gunpowder Creek Formation / PALAEOPROTEROZOIC to |
PALAEOPROTEROZOIC |
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
BRECCIA HOSTED
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
BRECCIATED SEDIMENT-HOSTED COPPER
ORE
MESOPROTEROZOIC
Lower grade ore occurs as bedding controlled disseminations but the higher grade ore occurs within the breccias.