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A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
ARDMORE
493627
12 KM ESE OF ARDMORE HOMESTEAD, 109 KM SOUTH OF MOUNT ISA.
Latitude -21.6931 Longitude 139.2853
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 322607 mE 7600157 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 6754 ARDMORE
15/March/2004
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Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
LARGE
>200 000 000 tonnes PHR
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Published Reserves/Resources |
INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE
1,115,000,000 tonnes Ore @
BR 5107 Published in 1996
191,780,000 Tonnes PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
17.20 % PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
Includes some Phosphate Hill resource.
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
304,000,000 tonnes Ore @
BR 5107 Published in 1996
56,848,000 Tonnes PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
18.70 % PHOSPHATE ROCK (PHOSPHORITE)
Includes some Phosphate Hill resource.
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1996
DRAPER, J.J.
BR 5107
Phosphate - Queensland Mineral Commodity Report.
Queensland Government Mining Journal, 97 (1131), 14-25.
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Major Mining Related Events |
ML
5542
WMC FERTILIZERS PTY LTD
100.00%
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Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
GEORGINA BASIN
Beetle Creek Formation / MIDDLE CAMBRIAN to MIDDLE CAMBRIAN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
SEDIMENT-HOSTED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
UPWELLING TYPE PHOSPHATE
PHOSPHORITE
MIDDLE CAMBRIAN