A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
LIMESTONE HILLS
44326
12.6 KM NE OF TEXAS, WEST OF STANTHORPE, 220KM SW OF BRISBANE.
Latitude -28.7858 Longitude 151.2708
ABANDONED, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 56 331219 mE 6814504 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 9140 TEXAS
19/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Oakleigh Lime
LIMESTONE
LARGE
>10 000 000 tonnes LST
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
BR 2818 Published in 1973
2400000 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
ML
50145
MUNRO
Charles Alexander
100.00%
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 |
Four limestone bodies outcrop along the northern flank of a fold structure between Orana and Tooliambi. The limestone contains some |
fossil fragments and irregular calcite and siderite veins. The bulk of the material is homogenous. |