| Deposit ID | 10256295 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 6020350027 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mount Morgan Tailings |
| Alternate or previous names | Mt Morgan |
| Point of reference | Plant |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 150.36538, -23.62996 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Queensland(province)
Australia(country)
Australia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Australia | Queensland |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Hauynite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sperrylite | Unknown |
| Plant (1) | 150.36538, -23.62996 |
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Mining method | Dredging |
| Year of first production | 1983 |
| Milling method | Hydrometallurgy Unspecified |
| District name | Mount Morgan |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Perillya Mines N. L. |
| Interest | 85 |
| Home office | Australia |
| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Aumin Technology And Development N. L. |
| Interest | 15 |
| Home office | Australia |
| Year | 1994 |
| Year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Description | Total Mt Gold Production 1882-1983 100 Mt | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 41941000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 41941000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 41941000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 8896000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 8896000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 733000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 733000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 50000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 50000000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 6020350027 |
REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.144.
TAUBE, A., AND R.L. MCLEOD, MT. MORGAN MINE, MT. CHALMERS
MINE, AND UNMC PROSPECT - PENECONTEMPORANEOUS FAULTING AND
VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL QUEENS-
LAND, IN PACIFIC RIM CONGRESS 87, AUGUST 23-26, 1987,
PP.423-425.
ANNUAL REPORTS - PEKO-WALLSEND LIMITED, 1966-1981.
PROJECT PROPOSAL - RETREATMENT OF MOUNT MORGAN TAILINGS
DUMPS, MAY, 1980, 16 PP.
COPPER-GOLD ORE MINING AT MOUNT MORGAN LIMITED, MOUNT MORGAN
QLD., STAFF OF MOUNT MORGAN LTD., IN MINING AND METALLUR-
GICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALASIA, ED. J.T. WOODCOCK, AUST.
I.M.M. MONO 10, 1980, PP 302-304.
COPPER - GOLD ORE CONCENTRATION AT MOUNT MORGAN LIMITED,
MOUNT MORGAN, QLD., STAFF OF MOUNT MORGAN LTD., IN MINING
AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, ED. J.T.
WOODCOCK, AUST. I.M.M. MONO 10, 1980, PP 325-327.
JOBSON'S MINING YEAR BOOK 1981, PP 131-134.
AUSTRALIAN MINING - MOUNT MORGAN MINE CUTS POWER COSTS,
VOL. 72 (12), 1980, PP 106-108.
AUSTRALIAN MINING - MOUNT MORGAN LTD., NOV., 1981, PP 65.
JOBSON'S MINING YEAR BOOK 1980, PP 325, 342-344.
COPPER-GOLD ORE DEPOSIT OF MOUNT MORGAN, STAFF OF MOUNT
MORGAN LTD., IN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, ED.
J. MCANDREW, 1965, PP 364-369.
FRETS, D.C. AND BALDE, R., MOUNT MORGAN COPPER-GOLD DEPOSIT,
IN C.L. KNIGHT, ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, I. METALS, A.I.M.M. MONO 5, 1975,
PP 779-785.
FLETCHER, R.J., MOUNT CHALMERS GOLD-COPPER DEPOSIT, IN
C.L. KNIGHT, ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA
NEW GUINEA, I. METALS, A.I.M.M. MONO 5, 1975, PP 786-787.
CORNELIUS, K.D., THE MOUNT MORGAN MINE QUEENSLAND, A MASSIVE
GOLD-COPPER PYRITIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT, ECON. GEOL., VOL
64, 1969, PP 885-902.
AUSTRALIAN MINING - CARBON-IN-PULP; MOUNT MORGAN LTD.,
VOL 72 (11), 1980, PP 62.
MINING JOURNAL - MOUNT MORGAN GOLD TAILINGS, JUNE 13, 1980,
MORRIS, W., CONSULTANT TO PEKO-WALLSEND, PERSONAL COMMUNICA-
TIONS, 1982.
BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BMR
DATAFILE (MINDEP) GOLD DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND, 1989
PP.29.1-29.9.
MINING JOURNAL, 03/10/95, P 180, "PERILYA'S MOUNT MORGAN
LOOK ALIKE?"
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINING CONSISTS OF DREDGING TAILINGS FROM THE MOUNT MORGAN AND MOUNT CHALMERS OPERATION. THE MOUNT CHALMERS UNDER- GROUND MINE SHUTDOWN IN 1983 AND THE MOUNT MORGAN IN 1981. THE TAILINGS ARE PROCESSED BY CYANIDATION. TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF BULLION ARE INSIGNIFICANT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 23-SEP-1996 | Slater, Linda C. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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