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Cannington

Prospect in Queensland, Australia with commodities 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256075
MAS/MILS ID 6020350069
Record type Site
Current site name Cannington

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 140.24886, -21.99666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 140.24886, -21.99666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1991

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bhp Minerals Pty. Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 10.2 wt-pct Lead Major 1992
    Zinc Zn 3.3 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1992
    Silver Ag 470 g/mt Silver Minor 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 14000000mt ore
    Total resources 14000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 8.9 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 3.7 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 310 g/mt Silver Minor 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 33000000mt ore
    Total resources 33000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 11.4 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 5 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 540 g/mt Silver Minor 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 47000000mt ore
    Total resources 47000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 10.7 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Zinc Zn 4.6 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1993
    Silver Ag 470 g/mt Silver Minor 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Inferred 47000000mt ore
    Total resources 47000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.6 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1993
    Lead Pb 10.7 wt-pct Lead Major 1993
    Silver Ag 470 g/mt Silver Minor 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    "BHP SELLS MIM ONE-THIRD...", MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1994,

  • Ownership

    V. 46 N. 5, P. 402.

  • Reserve-Resource

    "BHP'S CANNINGTON SUCCESS", MINING WEEKLY, APRIL 16, 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 4.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 1992, P.115

  • Reserve-Resource

    "BHP CO. LTD. HAS UPGRADED...", ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR-

  • Reserve-Resource

    NAL, JUN 93, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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