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Mount Carbine

Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodity Tungsten
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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. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207354
MAS/MILS ID 6020350023
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Carbine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Carbine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 145.11551, -16.51375 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 145.11551, -16.51375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 300M
    Length 610M
    Width 375M
    Area 23HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 23
    Date of Last Modification 910910

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN TIGHTLY FOLDED, METAMORPHIZED ARGILLAC EOUS SEDIMENTS AND MINOR VOLCANICS OF THE MID-DEVONIAN TO LOWER CARBONIFEROUS HODGKINSON FM., AND THEIR HYDROTHERMALLY INDUCED WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION IS LOCATED IN A VERTICAL AND PARALLEL QUARTZ VEIN SWARM WHICH INTRUSION STEEPLY DEPPING COUNTRY ROCK SLATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1880
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Poseidon Ltd.
    Interest 33.4
    Home office Australia
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Queensland Wolfram Pty Ltd. (O. W. L.)
    Interest 66.6
    Home office Australia
    Year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • MAJOR SHAREHOLDER IN Q.W.L. IS R.B. MINING PTY LTD (AUSTRA- LIA) WHI ALSO MANAGE THE MINE. MINORITY SHAREHOLDING IS BY SANDVIK AKTIEBOLAG OF SWEDEN, AXEL JOHNSON & CO. HAB OF SWEDEN, AND TREIBACHER CHEMISCH WERKE AG OF AUSTRIA.

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1972-1978
    Description From 1972 Through 1978 Annual Production Was 580,000 Mt. 562 Mt Of Concentrate Per Year Was Produced.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 562mt

Comments on the production information

  • BENEFICIATION PRODUCT IS A WOLFRAMITE/SCHEELITE CONCENTRATE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 20000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 20000000mt ore
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.09 wt-pct Tungsten Trace 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 25500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 25500000mt ore
    Total resources 25500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.1 wt-pct Tungsten Trace 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES AS OF 1/83 R.B. MINING PTY LTD OWNS 75 PCT OF QWPL; BALANCE OWNED BY THREE EUROPEAN COMPANIES--A. JOHNSON & CO HAB, TRIEBACKER CHEMISCHE WERKE AG, AND SANDVIK AB

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 23HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Capacity 5700
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.8
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES; THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN,

  • Ownership

    6'TH EDITION, P 35.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1979.

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1987, P 320.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY QUARTERLY, 31 (1978) PP. 106-115

  • Deposit

    THE AUSTRALIAN TUNGSTEN MINING INDUSTRY BY C. HILLIER AND

  • Deposit

    N.D. KNIGHT.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING, JUNE 1978, AUSTRALIAN WOLFRAM MINE A

  • Deposit

    WORLD BEATER]

  • Deposit

    MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIAN, J.T. WOOD-

  • Deposit

    COCK, EDITOR, AIMM MONO 10, 1980. TUNGSTEN ORE MINING AT

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND WOLFRAM PTY, LTD, BY L.H. STEVENSON.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1976. P. 240.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1979, PHOTOMETRIC ORE SORTING AT

  • Deposit

    MOUNT CARBINE WOLFRAMITE MINE QUEENSLAND.

  • Deposit

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1980, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MT. CARBINE SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER 1986 DUE TO LOW TUNGSTEN PRICES. BY 1984 MT. CARBINE WAS OPERATING AT ONLY 75% DESIGN CAPACITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-APR-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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