Great Australia

Plant in Queensland, Australia with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159184
MAS/MILS ID 6020350020
Record type Site
Current site name Great Australia

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 140.49886, -20.68005 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 140.49886, -20.68005

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1996
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Solvent Extraction-Electrowin
Milling method Leach-Solvent-Extract-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Cloncurry District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cloncurry Mining Co. Of Australia
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 3300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.33 wt-pct Copper Major 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 10.21/94, P.289.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPANY HAS STARTED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT STUDIES TO EVALUATE EIGHT YEAR SX-EW OPERATION AT BETWEEN 4,000 AND 5,000 MT/YR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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