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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
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Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Mundubbera
BUILDING STONE
LARGE
>10 000 000 tonnes BLST
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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.
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Major Mining Related Events |
OPEN CUT MINING
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Being worked on three benches by drilling sides of ~20 tonne |
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blocks and lifting out with excavator. |
ML
80054
EASTERN STONE & MINERALS PTY LTD
100.00%
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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
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Black eqigranular gabbro (black granite) is used mainly for ornamental facings, gravestones and bench tops. This deposit has persistant |
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natural fractures which reduce the quality and size of stones able to be extracted. |