A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
BABBLING BROOKE HILL
490748
16 KM NORTH-WEST OF CENTURY MINE, 230KM NW OF MT ISA.
Latitude -18.6842 Longitude 138.4525
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ABANDONED PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 231300 mE 7932200 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 6560 MUSSELBROOK
3/December/2001
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
MEDIUM
200 000 - 200 000 000 tonnes PHR
Published Reserves/Resources |
INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE
38,000,000 tonnes Ore @
Company Report 15312 Published in 1986
6,384,000 Tonnes PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
16.80 % PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
Average grade of 16.8% P2O5, 4% Al2O3, 7.8% Fe2O3 & 1.2% CO2
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
Major Mining Related Events |
SHAFTS
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
GEORGINA BASIN
Border Waterhole Formation / MIDDLE CAMBRIAN to MIDDLE |
CAMBRIAN |
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
UPWELLING TYPE PHOSPHATE
PHOSPHORITE
MIDDLE CAMBRIAN
The bulk of the resource occurs in an area of low chert-rubble covered hills, comprising erosional remnants of the lower Border |
Waterhole Formation. |