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A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
THREE RIVERS
478963
37.6 KM SSE OF CONJUBOY HOMESTEAD, 5KM W OF GREENVALE TOWNSHIP, 190KM WNW OF TOWNSVILLE.
Latitude -18.9736 Longitude 144.9256
ABANDONED, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 55 281600 mE 7900800 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7860 CONJUBOY
6/January/2006
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Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Greenvale Nickel
NICKEL
LARGE
>500 000 tonnes NI
COBALT
LARGE
>20 000 tonnes CO
CHROMITE
SMALL
100 - 10 000 tonnes CHR
39,000,000
1/01/1974
31/12/1992
tonnes ore
NICKEL
428762.0 tonnes
1.50 percent
COBALT
35776.0 tonnes
0.10 percent
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Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
55000000 tonnes Ore @
BR 6048 Published in 1998
775500 Tonnes NICKEL
1.41 % NICKEL
44000 Tonnes COBALT
0.08 % COBALT
1% Ni equivalent cut-off.
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1998
COBRA RESOURCES NL
BR 6048
ANNUAL REPORT 1998
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Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
EPM
11223
RESOURCE EXPLORATION LIMITED
100.00%
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Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
ETHERIDGE PROVINCE
Sandalwood Serpentinite / NEOPROTEROZOIC to EARLY CAMBRIAN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
RESIDUAL DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
LATERITIC NICKEL
LATERITE
CAINOZOIC
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The Greenvale deposit consists of terraced remnants of Tertiary laterite profiles developed on strongly serpentinised harzburgites intruded |
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into Proterozoic schists of the Etheridge Province. |
Typically the ore averages 7.5m in thickness and is overlain by 5 to 10m of overburden.