A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
HERBERT CREEK MAGNESITE
495648
20 KM NORTH EAST OF MARLBOROUGH, 175KM NW OF GLADSTONE.
Latitude -22.6522 Longitude 149.9747
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 55 805728 mE 7491911 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 8852 MARLBOROUGH
2/April/2004
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
MAGNESITE
MEDIUM
2 000 000 - 10 000 000 tonnes MS
Published Reserves/Resources |
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
Major Mining Related Events |
MDL
194
ANGLOGOLD AUSTRALIA MAGNESITE PTY LTD
100.00%
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
HERBERT CREEK BASIN
Kunwarara Magnesite / TERTIARY to TERTIARY
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
NODULAR MAGNESITE
MAGNESITE
TERTIARY
This is a high grade cryptocrystalline nodular magnesite deposit hosted by alluvial clays, sands and gravel and covering an area of 2 |
square kilometres. |