A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
NYCHUM PERLITE
493676
50KM NW OF CHILLAGOE, 145KM WEST OF CAIRNS.
Latitude -16.7793 Longitude 144.3071
OPERATING, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 55 212941 mE 8142907 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7764 BELLEVUE
22/December/2005
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Wrotham Perlite
Wrotham Central
Chillagoe Perlite
PERLITE
LARGE
>2 000 000 tonnes PERL
1/07/1996
30/06/1997
PERLITE
842.0 tonnes
1/07/1997
30/06/1998
PERLITE
1890.0 tonnes
1/07/1998
30/06/1999
PERLITE
2210.0 tonnes
1/07/1999
30/06/2000
PERLITE
2510.0 tonnes
1/07/2000
30/06/2001
PERLITE
3150.0 tonnes
1/07/2001
30/06/2002
PERLITE
3600.0 tonnes
1/07/2002
30/06/2003
PERLITE
4100.0 tonnes
1/07/2003
30/06/2004
PERLITE
4800.0 tonnes
1/07/2004
30/06/2005
PERLITE
5200.0 tonnes
Published Reserves/Resources |
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
ML
20152
MEYER
Ian Derek
51.00%
ML
20152
PUBLIC TRUSTEE QLD AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF JOSEPH EDWIN JAMES DECEASED
49.00%
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
KENNEDY PROVINCE
Nychum Volcanics / EARLY PERMIAN to EARLY PERMIAN
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
VOLCANIC GLASS
PERLITE
EARLY PERMIAN
The perlite is fairly homogenous and formed as a crust on the rhyolite flow of the Nychum Volcanics. The perlite has a lower fusion point |
than most other perlite deposits in the world. |