A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
MORETON ISLAND
483542
MORETON ISLAND, 55KM NE OF BRISBANE.
Latitude -27.0919 Longitude 153.4447
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ABANDONED PROSPECT
AMG Zone 56 544100 mE 7003300 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 9543 BRISBANE
2/April/2004
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
ILMENITE
LARGE
>10 000 000 tonnes IM
SILICA SAND
LARGE
>2 500 000 tonnes SIS
RUTILE
MEDIUM
200 000 - 500 000 tonnes RUT
MONAZITE
SMALL
200 - 20 000 tonnes MZ
ZIRCON
MEDIUM
500 000 - 1 000 000 tonnes ZIR
Published Reserves/Resources |
INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE
BR 5273 Published in 1993
MORETON ISLAND
407000000 Tonnes SILICA SAND
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1993
COOPER, W.
BR 5273
QUEENSLAND MINERAL COMMODITY REPORT. SILICA SAND.
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT MINING JOURNAL, 94 (1102), 7-15.
Major Mining Related Events |
SURFACE MINING METHODS
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
MODERN COASTAL DEPOSITS
Qpd/1-9543 / QUATERNARY to QUATERNARY
MODERN COASTAL DEPOSITS
Qpd/2-9543 / QUATERNARY to QUATERNARY
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
DUNE DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
DUNE DEPOSIT HEAVY MINERALS
SAND
QUATERNARY