A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
LADY ANNIE PHOSPHATE
493654
26 KM WEST-SOUTH-WEST OF GUNPOWDER, 105KM NNW OF MT ISA.
Latitude -19.7600 Longitude 139.1119
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, INACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 302173 mE 7813967 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 6758 MAMMOTH MINES
11/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Lady Annie
PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
MEDIUM
200 000 - 200 000 000 tonnes PHR
663
1/01/1972
31/12/1972
tonnes ore
PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
663.0 tonnes
64,000
1/01/1974
31/12/1974
tonnes ore
PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
64000.0 tonnes
Published Reserves/Resources |
INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE
293000000 tonnes Ore @
BR 5122 Published in 1990
48638000 Tonnes PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
16.60 % PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1990
FREEMAN, M.J., SHERGOLD, J.H., MORRIS, D.G., & WALTER, M.R.
BR 5122
Late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic basins of central and northern Australia - regional geology and mineralisation.
In Hughes, F.E., (Editor): Geology and Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Australasian Institute of Mining |
and Metallurgy Monograph Series, 14, 1125-1133. |
Major Mining Related Events |
SHAFTS
OPEN CUT MINING
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
GEORGINA BASIN
Beetle Creek Formation / MIDDLE CAMBRIAN to MIDDLE CAMBRIAN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
UPWELLING TYPE PHOSPHATE
PHOSPHORITE
Dominantly pelletal phosphorite.
MIDDLE CAMBRIAN
The deposit occurs in a succession of dolomitic siltstone and shale with occasional beds of quartz sandstone. As many as five separate |
phosphatic horizons, attaining a composite thickness of 29m have been recognised. |