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Que River

Past Producer in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134254
MAS/MILS ID 6020450003
Record type Site
Current site name Que River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 145.34848, -41.59611 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Tasmania

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 145.34848, -41.59611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 700M
    Depth to top 130M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .1
    Date of Last Modification 830812

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1928
Mining method Caving Methods
Year of first production 1980
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Aberfoyle Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • UNABLE TO CALCULATE PRODUCT OUTPUT BECAUSE ETD DOES NOT GIVE PERCENT MILL RECOVERY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Inferred 3000000mt ore
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 171 g/mt Silver Minor 1980
    Gold Au 3.4 g/mt Gold Minor 1980
    Lead Pb 7 wt-pct Lead Minor 1980
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Minor 1980
    Zinc Zn 12.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1980
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1989
    Measured 400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 400000mt ore
    Total resources 400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 140 g/mt Silver Minor 1989
    Gold Au 2 g/mt Gold Minor 1989
    Lead Pb 5.2 wt-pct Lead Minor 1989
    Copper Cu 0.6 wt-pct Copper Minor 1989
    Zinc Zn 10 wt-pct Zinc Major 1989

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 700,000 METRIC TONNES @ 1.7% CU, 2.9% PB AND 5.1% ZN IS ALSO PRESENT. NO SPECIFIC COSTS ON BH.
  • 1.6 MILLION MT FROM 88/89 REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 238M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method CAVING METHODS
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 1
    Number of Inclines 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOUSTON, M.L., 1980, LEAD-ZINC ORE MINING OF QUE RIVER,

  • Reserve-Resource

    TASMANIA, PROJECT OF ABERFOYLE LIMITED, IN MINING AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIASIA, A.I.M.M.,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PP. 198-199.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ABERFOYLE LTD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1989

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING/MINING JOURNAL, 1980, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. MCGRAW

  • Deposit

    HILL.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING/MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1978, P. 261.

  • Deposit

    LOUTHEAN, R. (ED.), 1980, REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING,

  • Deposit

    1980, ROSS LOUTHEAN PUBLISHING.

  • Deposit

    MAZZUCCHELLI, R.H., 1979, GEOCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY IN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF AUSTRALIA (EDS.

  • Deposit

    KELSALL, D.C., AND WOODCOCK, J.J.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE

  • Deposit

    THIRD INVITATION SYMPOSIUM, AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF

  • Deposit

    TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES, MELBOURNE.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, JULY 25, 1980; JUNE 13, 1980; JANUARY 11,

  • Deposit

    1980; AUGUST 31, 1979; OCTOBER 19, 1979.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1979, P. 327; JUNE 1975; JULY 1974.

  • Deposit

    NIGHTINGALE, W.G. (ED.), 1980, FINANCIAL TIMES MINING

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK 1980, LONGMAN, LONDON.

  • Deposit

    SKEY, E.H., AND YOUNG, C.H., MAY 1980, QUE RIVER ZINC-LEAD

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT, DUNDAS TROUGH, TASMANIA, IN JOURNAL OF

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, VOL. 12, NO. 2/3.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JULY 1980; JUNE 1980, CATALOGUE SOURCE AND

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY NUMBER.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JUNE 1981, P.137; MAY 1981, P.97; APRIL 1976.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRAILIAN MINES HANDBOOK, P. 136.

  • Deposit

    MINING MONTHLY, MARCH 1983, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    MINER NEWSPAPER, APRIL 12-25, 1982, VOL.5, NO. 7, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    MINER NEWSPAPER, AUGUST 18-31, 1980, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    MINER NEWSPAPER, MAY 12-25, 1980, P.7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-97 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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