Queensland Minerals
A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition
ALICE RIVER GOLD PROSPECT
495977
290 KM WEST OF COOKTOWN, 355KM NW OF CAIRNS.
Date Recorded:
Descriptive Location:
Grid Reference:
Latitude -15.4500 Longitude 142.5500
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 666301 mE 8291296 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 7467 CROSBIE CREEK
2/April/2004
Other Names for Deposit / Mine
Alice Queen Gold Mine
Alice River Goldfield
Commodities
Size
Size Definition
GOLD
SMALL
0.5 - 5 tonnes AU
Production Details
2,420
Period: 1903 1909
to
tonnes ore
GOLD
BULLION
82.0 kilograms
380
Period: 1909 1917
to
tonnes ore
GOLD
BULLION
11.3 kilograms
Published Reserves/Resources
INFERRED-INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE
200,000 tonnes Ore @
Company Report 27256 Published in 1994
ALICE QUEEN
FOR
640 Kilograms GOLD
3.20 g/t GOLD
Comments/Cut Off Factor: A topcut of 10g/t and a lower cutoff of 1.0g/t was used.
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
Year Author
Published Reference ID
Comments
Year Completed
Year Commenced
Major Mining Related Events
Mining Operations
Tenure Type/Number
Company Name/Surname
SHARE
Currently untenured mineral deposit
Host Rock/Cover Sequences
Structural Unit
Formation Name/Age
PAMA PROVINCE
Kintore Granite / LATE SILURIAN to EARLY DEVONIAN
Deposit Model
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
MESOTHERMAL VEINS/PIPE/STOCKWORK
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
MESOTHERMAL VEINS MAGMATIC-RELATED
Mineralisation Age
ORE
SILURIAN to DEVONIAN
Comments
Gold was first discovered in the area in the early 1900's. The mineralisation generally occurs within quartz veined and
quartz-sericite-epidote-chlorite altered adamellite. Pyrite and lesser arsenopyrite are generally associated with the alteration.
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