Queensland Coal Mines/Sites
257
Gattonvale
Bowen
Operator
Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd
Principal Holder Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd
Phone: +61 7 3115 5300 Fax:
Location
30km south southeast of Collinsville, which is about 100km by rail to
the Port of Abbot Point.
Coal Measures:
Major Beneficial
Owner/s
Main tenements
Geology
The Rangal Coal Measures of Late Permian age dipping south
southeast at 5 to 6 degrees. The seam present is equivalent to the
Upper Newlands Seam and is informally named the Rangal Seam.
Igneous intrusions within the seam defines the southern and downdip
limit to the Gattonvale deposit.
Mining Method
Rangal
Transport
Preparation plant
Product Coals
Comments
Undeveloped
Status:
Deposit
Type:
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Address
Level 10, Riverside Centre 123 Eagle Street
BRISBANE Qld 4000
Small
Small
Small
Small
Size*:
GPO Box 2587
BRISBANE
Qld 4001
Street
Postal
Xstrata Plc
Sumitomo Corporation
Itochu Corporation
EPC 610
Coal Quality
Brand
Moisture Ash
Specific Sulphur
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Volatile
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Fixed
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CSN
Gattonvale Raw
4.4 22.4
23.41
0.46
27.1
46.2
0.5
Gattonvale Washed
4.7 14.4
26.71
29
52
* Sites: Small < 50Mt, Medium 51 to 150Mt, Large 151 to 500Mt, Very Large > 500Mt measured and indicated
Mines: Small < 2Mt, Medium > 2Mt < 10Mt, Large > 5Mt < 10Mt, Very Large > 10Mt annual saleable coal production
Data updated March 2005