A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
SILICA HILL
493373
HUNTER ISLAND, PART OF THE DUKE ISLANDS, 220 NNW OF GLADSTONE.
Latitude -21.9694 Longitude 150.1425
MINERAL OCCURRENCE
AMG Zone 56 204900 mE 7567800 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 8954 PERCY ISLES
15/April/2004
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Hunter Island
LIMESTONE
SMALL
100 000 - 2 000 000 tonnes LST
MARBLE
SMALL
100 000 - 2 000 000 tonnes MARB
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
BR 5640 Published in 1955
1991360 Tonnes LIMESTONE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1955
SHEPHERD, S.R.L.
BR 5640
LIMESTONE ON DUKE ISLANDS - BROAD SOUND.
QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT MINING JOURNAL, 56, 926-931.
Major Mining Related Events |
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
MOUNT HOLLY SUBPROVINCE
Erebus beds / SILURIAN to EARLY DEVONIAN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
LIMESTONE DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
MARBLE DEPOSIT
LIMESTONE
SILURIAN to DEVONIAN
MARBLE
SILURIAN to DEVONIAN
This is the largest and most important deposit on Hunter Island. Much of the limestone is impure. Some is dark-blue with white strips and |
is much sought after as ornamental stone. |
A large area at the NE end of the deposit consists of pink and green marble.