A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
MUNDUBBERA GRANITE
501293
43.43 KM NE OF AUBURN, 269.86 KM NW OF BRISBANE.
Latitude -25.7144 Longitude 150.9742
ABANDONED, INACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 56 296756 mE 7154355 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 9046 AUBURN
21/March/2005
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Mundubbera
BUILDING STONE
LARGE
>10 000 000 tonnes BLST
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
Company Report 29819 Published in 1998
1050000000 Tonnes BUILDING STONE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
Being worked on three benches by drilling sides of ~20 tonne |
blocks and lifting out with excavator. |
ML
80054
EASTERN STONE & MINERALS PTY LTD
100.00%
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
RAWBELLE BATHOLITH
Delubra Quartz Gabbro / LATE PERMIAN to EARLY TRIASSIC
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
MAFIC ROCK RELATED DEPOSIT
GABBRO
LATE PERMIAN
Black eqigranular gabbro (black granite) is used mainly for ornamental facings, gravestones and bench tops. This deposit has persistant |
natural fractures which reduce the quality and size of stones able to be extracted. |