Heberton Tinfield

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304496
MAS/MILS ID 6020350005
Record type Site
Current site name Heberton Tinfield

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 145.3788, -17.367 (WGS84)
Elevation 840
Location accuracy 10000(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
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Silver Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 145.3788, -17.367

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONATE SILIC
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name Mount Garnet

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tableland Tin Dredging No Liability,Div. Eric Newham Ltd.
    Home office Australia
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ravenshoe Tin Dredging Ltd
    Home office Australia
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Inferred 150000000mt commodity
    Total resources 150000000mt commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.08 wt-pct Tin Trace 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 40000000mt commodity
    Demonstrated 40000000mt commodity
    Inferred 100000000mt commodity
    Total resources 140000000mt commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.0112 wt-pct Tin Trace 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 10000000mt commodity
    Demonstrated 10000000mt commodity
    Total resources 10000000mt commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.018 wt-pct Tin Trace 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROADHURST,E.1953,HERBERTON TINFIELD:GEOL.AUST.ORE DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    RESS,P703-717.

  • Deposit

    MASON,A.A.C,1953,VULCAN TIN MINE,IBID,P718-721.

  • Deposit

    HILL,D,& DENMEAD,A.K,1960,GEOLOGY QUEENSLAND,MELBOURNE UN.V.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR,R.G.& STEVESON,B.G,1972,ANALYSIS OF METAL DISTRIB.ZON

  • Deposit

    HERBERTON TINFIELD,N.Q: ECON.GEOLOGY,67,1234-1240.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS,W.G.B,&WARD,J,1974, AUSTRALIA'S TIN RESOURCES:INT.T

  • Deposit

    CIL, TECH. PAPER 1.2,4TH WORLD CONF. N TIN,KUALA LUMPUR.

  • Deposit

    UN,1964,TIN ORE RESOURCES OF ASIA AND AUSTRALIA:MIN.RES.DEVE

  • Deposit

    IES NO.23,58P.

  • Deposit

    LETTER,MAY,1975, SOUTHLAND MINING CO.

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR,R.G.,1969,LOW-GRADE TIN IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA:IN,VOL.2

  • Deposit

    73,SECOND TECH.CONF.ON TIN,BANGKOK,1969,INT.TIN COUNCIL.

  • Deposit

    BLAKE,1972,ECON.GEOL. HEBERTON-MT.GARNET AREA:B.M.R. BULL.12

  • Deposit

    AUST. BUR.MIN.RES.,1970,AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY-1969 REV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Erikson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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