A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
LARRADS HILL
44301
27 KM NORTH-WEST OF PORTLAND ROADS, 510KM NNW OF CAIRNS.
Latitude -12.4978 Longitude 143.1872
ABANDONED, ABANDONED PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 737700 mE 8617400 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7573 TEMPLE BAY
16/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
IRON
SMALL
5 000 - 5 000 000 tonnes FE
MAGNETITE
SMALL
50 000 - 500 000 tonnes MT
MANGANESE
SMALL
100 - 100 000 tonnes MN
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
190000 tonnes Ore @
BR 821 Published in 1992
LARRADS HILL SCREE
63460 Tonnes IRON
33.40 % IRON
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
2500000 tonnes Ore @
BR 821 Published in 1992
LARRADS-SCRUBBY-LUNCH-PIG HOLE
1177500 Tonnes IRON
47.10 % IRON
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1992
CULPEPER, L.C., DENARO, T.J., WILLMOTT, W.F., WHITAKER, W.G., BRUVEL, F.J., MORWOOD, D.A., & SHIELD, C.J.
BR 821
A REVIEW OF MINERAL EXPLORATION, CAPE YORK PENINSULA, 1969 TO 1990.
QUEENSLAND RESOURCE INDUSTRIES RECORD 1992/10.
Major Mining Related Events |
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
IRON RANGE PROVINCE
Sefton Metamorphics / NEOPROTEROZOIC to NEOPROTEROZOIC
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENTARY IRON FORMATION (SUPERIOR TYPE |
FE) |
ORE
PRECAMBRIAN to CAINOZOIC
Lenses of magnetite-hematite quartzite occur in schists of the Sefton Metamorphics. Manganiferous iron formations, low in silica, occur |
as bands overlying the siliceous bodies. |