A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
GOWRIE CREEK GROUP
45541
70 KM SW OF GREENVALE, 135KM W OF TOWNSVILLE.
Latitude -19.3142 Longitude 145.4575
ABANDONED, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 55 337943 mE 7863681 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7959 CLARKE RIVER
4/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Gowrie Creek No 1
Gowrie Creek No 2
Adventure 1
Adventure 2
TIN
SMALL
100 - 1 000 tonnes SN
53,393
1/01/1973
31/12/1979
cubic metres ore
CASSITERITE
57.5 tonnes
Published Reserves/Resources |
INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE
383000 cubic metres Ore @
BR 6053 Published in 1999
199 Tonnes CASSITERITE
520.00 g/m*3 CASSITERITE
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
306000 cubic metres Ore @
BR 6053 Published in 1999
158 Tonnes CASSITERITE
515.00 g/m*3 CASSITERITE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1999
TIN AUSTRALIA
BR 6053
PROSPECTUS
Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
SURFACE MINING METHODS
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
CAINOZOIC ALLUVIAL & COLLUVIAL |
DEPOSITS |
Qa-QLD / QUATERNARY to QUATERNARY
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
ALLUVIAL PLACER
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
ALLUVIAL PLACER TIN
SEDIMENTARY ROCK
TERTIARY
ALLUVIUM
QUATERNARY
Two distinct types of stanniferous alluvium occur in the area.
The first consists of Tertiary sediments consisting of weathered granite, composite quartz-tourmaline and 'billy' boulders in a matrix of |
gravel, sand, clay and minor fine-grained cassiterite and ilmenite. |
The second consists of Quaternary alluvium forming broad flats below the Tertiary sediments and made up of fine-grained clayey silt and |
sand with intermittent bands of coarser sand and gravel and minor cassiterite. |
The Quaternary alluvium is much lower grade than the Tertiary alluvium.