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Que River

Producer in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107322
MRDS ID W018863
Record type Site
Current site name Que River
Alternate or previous names Mackintosh Joint Venture

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 145.34848, -41.59611 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Limestone Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 145.34848, -41.59611
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cominco

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 5300000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 6.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1976
    Zinc Zn 11.6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1976
    Copper Cu 0.35 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
    Gold Au 2 g/mt Gold Major 1976
    Silver Ag 107 g/mt Silver Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 6000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 7 wt-pct Lead Major 1983
    Zinc Zn 12.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1983
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Major 1983
    Gold Au 3.4 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Silver Ag 171 g/mt Silver Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIRST 2 ITEMS FROM MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 5-7-76, P. 6. DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE FROM MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SKEY AND YOUNG, 1980, QUE RIVER ZN-PB DEPOSIT, DUNDAS TROUGH, TAS.: JOURNAL GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, V. 12, NO. 2-3, P. 284-290.

  • Deposit

    MOSIER AND OTHERS, 1983, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE TONNAGE INFORMATION ON VOLCANIC-HOSTED COPPER-ZINC-LEAD MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-89, 78 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST 5-7-76, P. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1970'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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