A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
IRON ISLAND
493456
IRON ISLAND, PART OF THE DUKE ISLANDS, 135KM SE OF MACKAY, 215KM NNW OF GLADSTONE.
Latitude -21.9853 Longitude 150.1533
ABANDONED
AMG Zone 56 206046 mE 7566059 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 8954 PERCY ISLES
16/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
MAGNETITE
MEDIUM
500 000 - 1 000 000 tonnes MT
IRON
SMALL
5 000 - 5 000 000 tonnes FE
1/01/1907
31/12/1921
MAGNETITE
400090.0 tonnes
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
BR 136 Published in 1904
2000000 Tonnes MAGNETITE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1904
BALL, L.C.
BR 136
CERTAIN IRON ORE, MANGANESE ORE AND LIMESTONE DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF QUEENSLAND.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF QUEENSLAND, PUBLICATION 194.
Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
MOUNT HOLLY SUBPROVINCE
Erebus beds / SILURIAN to EARLY DEVONIAN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
IRON SKARN
ORE
PERMIAN to TRIASSIC