Queensland Minerals
A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition
BROLGA
489413
16 KM NORTH-WEST OF CANOONA, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, 125KM NNW OF GLADSTONE.
Date Recorded:
Descriptive Location:
Grid Reference:
Latitude  -23.0317 Longitude  150.3153
ABANDONED MINE
AMG Zone 56  224872 mE  7450450 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 8951 RIDGELANDS
17/March/2004
Other Names for Deposit / Mine
Brolga 1
Brolga 2
Commodities
Size
Size Definition
NICKEL
SMALL
250 - 25 000 tonnes NI
COBALT
SMALL
10 - 1 000 tonnes CO
Production Details
20,727
Period:
1969
1970
to
tonnes ore
NICKEL
8,382.0 tonnes
200,405
Period:
1993
1994
to
tonnes ore
COBALT
275.0 tonnes
NICKEL
3,141.0 tonnes
222,249
Period:
1994
1995
to
tonnes ore
COBALT
333.0 tonnes
NICKEL
3,707.0 tonnes
2,897
Period:
1995
1996
to
tonnes ore
COBALT
5.0 tonnes
NICKEL
41.0 tonnes
Published Reserves/Resources
PROVED-PROBABLE ORE RESERVE
500,000 tonnes Ore @
BROLGA
FOR
8,180 Tonnes NICKEL
1.64 % NICKEL
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
Year 
Author
Published Reference  ID
Comments
Year Completed
Year Commenced
Major Mining Related Events 
Mining Operations
Comments
OPEN CUT MINING
Tenure Type/Number
Company Name/Surname
SHARE
ML
5866
QNI RESOURCES PTY LTD
80.00%
ML
5866
QNI METALS PTY LTD
20.00%
Host Rock/Cover Sequences
Structural Unit
Formation Name/Age
MARLBOROUGH BLOCK
Princhester Serpentinite / NEOPROTEROZOIC to EARLY PALAEOZOIC
Deposit Model
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
RESIDUAL DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
LATERITIC NICKEL
Mineralisation Age
ORE
Comments
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