A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
LIME PRODUCTS MARBLE QUARRY
44325
13.8 KM NORTH-NORTH-EAST OF TEXAS, 220KM SW OF BRISBANE.
Latitude -28.7431 Longitude 151.2258
ABANDONED
AMG Zone 56 326750 mE 6819180 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 9140 TEXAS
16/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
MARBLE
MEDIUM
2 000 000 - 10 000 000 tonnes MARB
LIMESTONE
MEDIUM
2 000 000 - 10 000 000 tonnes LST
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
BR 2818 Published in 1973
200000 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
PITS
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
MARBLE
LATE DEVONIAN to EARLY |
CARBONIFEROUS |
There are two main outcrops on the lease. The western deposit comprises dark grey to black marble, veined in parts with calcite. The |
eastern deposit is blue-grey to light grey to white. |