A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
ALPHA OIL SHALE
495645
62 KM SOUTH-EAST OF ALPHA, 445KM WEST OF GLADSTONE.
Latitude -24.1239 Longitude 146.8275
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 55 482472 mE 7332037 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 8249 TROOPERS BLUFF
4/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Alpha
OIL SHALE
MEDIUM
10 000 000 - 1 billion barrels OSH
Published Reserves/Resources |
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
Major Mining Related Events |
Currently untenured mineral deposit |
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
GALILEE BASIN
Colinlea Sandstone / EARLY PERMIAN to LATE PERMIAN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
OIL SHALE
OIL SHALE
PERMIAN
The oil shale resource comprises an upper coal seam and a lower seam which contains a torbanite lens enclosed in coal.