Mount Morgan Tailings

Past Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256295
MAS/MILS ID 6020350027
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Morgan Tailings
Alternate or previous names Mt Morgan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 150.36538, -23.62996 (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
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Hauynite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sperrylite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 150.36538, -23.62996

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Date of Last Modification 861204

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mount Morgan

Ownership information

  • 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

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Description Total Mt Gold Production 1882-1983 100 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 100mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 41941000mt ore
    Demonstrated 41941000mt ore
    Total resources 41941000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.1 g/mt Gold Major 0
    Silver Ag 0.83 g/mt Silver Minor 0
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 8896000mt ore
    Total resources 8896000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.15 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 733000mt ore
    Total resources 733000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.49 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Demonstrated 50000000mt ore
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.75 g/mt Gold Major 1987
    Copper Cu 0.72 wt-pct Copper Minor 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TAILINGS TREATMENT OPERATION PRODUCED FROM 1983 - 1990. TREATING TAILINGS (3,300,000 MTPY) FOR AROUND 50-55,000 OZ AU/YR REMAINING RESOURCES WERE UNECONOMIC TO TREAT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 10000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .58
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.144.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TAUBE, A., AND R.L. MCLEOD, MT. MORGAN MINE, MT. CHALMERS

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINE, AND UNMC PROSPECT - PENECONTEMPORANEOUS FAULTING AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL QUEENS-

  • Reserve-Resource

    LAND, IN PACIFIC RIM CONGRESS 87, AUGUST 23-26, 1987,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PP.423-425.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORTS - PEKO-WALLSEND LIMITED, 1966-1981.

  • Deposit

    PROJECT PROPOSAL - RETREATMENT OF MOUNT MORGAN TAILINGS

  • Deposit

    DUMPS, MAY, 1980, 16 PP.

  • Deposit

    COPPER-GOLD ORE MINING AT MOUNT MORGAN LIMITED, MOUNT MORGAN

  • Deposit

    QLD., STAFF OF MOUNT MORGAN LTD., IN MINING AND METALLUR-

  • Deposit

    GICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALASIA, ED. J.T. WOODCOCK, AUST.

  • Deposit

    I.M.M. MONO 10, 1980, PP 302-304.

  • Deposit

    COPPER - GOLD ORE CONCENTRATION AT MOUNT MORGAN LIMITED,

  • Deposit

    MOUNT MORGAN, QLD., STAFF OF MOUNT MORGAN LTD., IN MINING

  • Deposit

    AND METALLURGICAL PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIA, ED. J.T.

  • Deposit

    WOODCOCK, AUST. I.M.M. MONO 10, 1980, PP 325-327.

  • Deposit

    JOBSON'S MINING YEAR BOOK 1981, PP 131-134.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING - MOUNT MORGAN MINE CUTS POWER COSTS,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 72 (12), 1980, PP 106-108.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING - MOUNT MORGAN LTD., NOV., 1981, PP 65.

  • Deposit

    JOBSON'S MINING YEAR BOOK 1980, PP 325, 342-344.

  • Deposit

    COPPER-GOLD ORE DEPOSIT OF MOUNT MORGAN, STAFF OF MOUNT

  • Deposit

    MORGAN LTD., IN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, ED.

  • Deposit

    J. MCANDREW, 1965, PP 364-369.

  • Deposit

    FRETS, D.C. AND BALDE, R., MOUNT MORGAN COPPER-GOLD DEPOSIT,

  • Deposit

    IN C.L. KNIGHT, ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND

  • Deposit

    PAPUA NEW GUINEA, I. METALS, A.I.M.M. MONO 5, 1975,

  • Deposit

    PP 779-785.

  • Deposit

    FLETCHER, R.J., MOUNT CHALMERS GOLD-COPPER DEPOSIT, IN

  • Deposit

    C.L. KNIGHT, ED., ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA

  • Deposit

    NEW GUINEA, I. METALS, A.I.M.M. MONO 5, 1975, PP 786-787.

  • Deposit

    CORNELIUS, K.D., THE MOUNT MORGAN MINE QUEENSLAND, A MASSIVE

  • Deposit

    GOLD-COPPER PYRITIC REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT, ECON. GEOL., VOL

  • Deposit

    64, 1969, PP 885-902.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING - CARBON-IN-PULP; MOUNT MORGAN LTD.,

  • Deposit

    VOL 72 (11), 1980, PP 62.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL - MOUNT MORGAN GOLD TAILINGS, JUNE 13, 1980,

  • Deposit

    PP 484.

  • Deposit

    MORRIS, W., CONSULTANT TO PEKO-WALLSEND, PERSONAL COMMUNICA-

  • Deposit

    TIONS, 1982.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BMR

  • Deposit

    DATAFILE (MINDEP) GOLD DEPOSITS OF QUEENSLAND, 1989

  • Deposit

    PP.29.1-29.9.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 03/10/95, P 180, "PERILYA'S MOUNT MORGAN

  • Deposit

    LOOK ALIKE?"

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1996 Slater, Linda C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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