Mount Cannindah

Prospect in Queensland, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280576
MAS/MILS ID 6020350021
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Cannindah
Alternate or previous names Appletree

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 151.28195, -24.9133 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

  • DEPOSITS ARE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 25 KM NE OF MONTO, QUEENSLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 151.28195, -24.9133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Mining method Open Pit

Mining district

District name Eidsvold

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carpentaria Gold Pty. Ltd.
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mim Holdings Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 29000mt ore
    Demonstrated 29000mt ore
    Total resources 29000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1988
    Gold Au 1.3 g/mt Gold Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 3000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 3000000mt ore
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1988
    Gold Au 0.9 g/mt Gold Major 1988
    Silver Ag 28 g/mt Silver Minor 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.214.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCE,GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BMR DATA-

  • Deposit

    FILE (MINDEP) GOLD DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND, 1989,

  • Deposit

    PP.30.1-30.4.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-DEC-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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