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Mount Carbine Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021642
MRDS ID DE00325
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Carbine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 145.11548, -16.51372 (WGS84)
Relative position PIT

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

  • 135 KM NORTHWEST BY ROAD FROM CAIRNS. 1:250,000 MAP SHEET NO. E55-01

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Hodgkinson
    Rock description Hodgkinson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 145.11548, -16.51372
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Permian Granite Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: SCLT + WLFM + QRTZ; CLCT + APTT + PYRT + MRCS + CLCP + PYTT + MLBD + ARPR + CSTR. THE DEPOSIT IS 1 KM FROM THE PERMIAN MAREEBA GRANITE AND 4 KM FROM AN AREA OF SMALLER BUT SIMILAR GRANITIC BODIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1896
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name Mareeba Gold And Mineral Field

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Queensland Wolfram Pty Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1895-1958
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^70% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 70wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Period 1972-1978
    Material CON
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^70% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 70wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^69% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 69wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^68% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 68wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^69% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 69wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^69% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 69wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^68% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 68wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Period 1979-1984
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^68% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 68wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^67% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 67wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NO MINING FROM 1958-1968 BECAUSE OF LOW TUNGSTEN PRICES. 1968-1971 EXPLORATION AND MINE DEVELOPMENT, NO MINING. PRODUCTION CAPACITY: 1,710,000 MT PER YEAR ORE (MINE CAPACITY) 0.09% WO3. 1,660 MT PER YEAR CONCENTRATES (MILL CAPACITY) APPROXIMATELY 705 WO3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 23HA

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA: 375 M X 610 M

Comments on development

  • WORKED SPASMODICALLY FROM 1906-1919, AND FROM 1937-1953. THEN, DORMANT UNTIL 1972. NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS.: MINE PLANT. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MINE: NO. ACTIVE EXPLORATION IN DISTRICT: YES. TYPE OF EXPLORATION: DRILLING, MAPPING. ASSESSMENT: PRODUCTION LIKELY TO CONTINUE AT PRESENT RATE FOR NEXT 5 YEARS, AFTER WHICH MINING WILL PROBABLY NEED TO GO UNDERGROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLUMRIDGE, C.L., 1975, MOUNT CARBINE TUNGSTEN REEF SWARM, IN C.L. KNIGHT (ED.), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 1. METALS; AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 5, P. 762-764.

  • Deposit

    STEVENSON, H., 1980, TUNGSTEN ORE MINING AT QUEENSLAND WOLFRAM PTY. LTD., MOUNT CARBINE, QUEENSLAND, IN J.T. WOODLOCK (ED.), MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 10, P. 412-415.

  • Production

    BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES - AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEWS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCT UPGRADED BEFORE EXPORT: CONCENTRATE (FROM 40% WO3 TO APPROXIMATELY 70% WO3).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Knight, Nerida D. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

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