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Kidston Mine

Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085192
MRDS ID W700746
Record type Site
Current site name Kidston Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 144.14881, -18.88022 (WGS84)
Relative position 280 KM WNW OF TOWNSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Comments on the location information

  • IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Oak River Granodiorite;
    Rock description Oak River Granodiorite;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lochaber Ring Complex
    Rock description Lochaber Ring Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Migmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 144.14881, -18.88022
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Georgetwon Structural Province

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1907
Production years 1907-1910, 1910-1934, 1984-PRESENT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kidston Gold Mines Ltd.: Placer Dome (1988, 53% Interest)

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1910-1934
    Material ORE-LODE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 6.5 Oz Au/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 184g/mt
  • Year 1934
    Period 1910-1934
    Material AU-LODE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 6.5 Oz Au/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 184g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 37040000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.86 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Silver Ag 2.27 g/mt Silver Minor 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 33100000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.58 g/mt Gold Major 1988
    Silver Ag 2.02 g/mt Silver Minor 1988
  • Type Leaching
    Estimate year 1934
    Total resources 10000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3 g/mt Gold Major 1934
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 3620000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.4 g/mt Gold Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIRST FIGURE IS ORIGINAL OPEN PIT MINEABLE RESERVES BASED ON 145 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES TOTALLING 22, 273 M (1978-1983).

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION GREATER THAN 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1988, P. 42-46.

  • Deposit

    MUSTARD, HARRY, 1986, GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE KIDSTON GOLD DEPOSIT, AUSTRALIA, IN MACDONALD, A.J., ED., GOLD'86: TORONTO, GOLD'86, P. 404-415.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY, 1986, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, E.M., AND TULLEMANS, F.J., 1990, KIDSTON GOLD DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 2: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 1461-1465.

  • Production

    EMJ, 1988; MUSTARD, 1986; E/MJ, 1986; BAKER AND TULLEMANS, 1990.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MUSTARD, 1986; BAKER AND TULLEMANS, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A SEMICONTINUOUS ZONE AROUND THE MARGIN OF A LARGE (1300 M X 920 M) BRECCIA PIPE THAT STRADDLES THE CONTACT BETWEEN PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS. HIGHER GOLD GRADES ARE FOUND IN THE RHYOLITE BRECCIA THAN IN OTHER BRECCIAS FORMING THE PIPE.
Deposit MORE DATA IS AVAILABLE IN BAKER AND TULLEMANS, 1990. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S (PLACER)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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