cr157426

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Noosa Shire Council

LOCATION: The resource is located approximately 10 kilometres northwest of Tewantin, and is accessed via McKinnon Drive from Tewantin (see map KRA 56).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The resource consists of a wide, slightly to moderately weathered trachyte dyke or sill. The dyke is partly exposed in an old Forestry pit on Ringtail Creek Road. The intrusion forms a broad gently sloping ridge elongated along a northwesterly direction. It is partly forested.

SIGNIFICANCE: Although present production levels are small, the location of the resource close to a major growth area and the shortage of alternative sources will ensure its strategic significance, given the considerable distance to quarry rock resources in adjacent regional Councils. The resource could extend to a considerable depth, as it is an intrusive body, allowing considerable deepening.

SEPARATION AREA: The boundary of the separation area is set at 1000 metres from the western, southwestern and northern sides of the resource held within Council land. The proximity of small subdivisions to the southeast constrains the separation distance to 500 metres in that area. The southeastern flank of the ridge would need to be retained to screen operations from that direction.

TRANSPORT ROUTE: The transport route is along Ringtail Creek Road onto McKinnon Drive and then to the Noosa market area.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The KRA contains areas of 'of concern' vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999, an area of endangered, vulnerable or rare species under the Biodiversity Planning Assessment administered by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protectionand forms part of the state significant Diaper State Forest – Peregian bioregional wildlife corridor. The resource/processing area is adjacent to a site of indigenous cultural significance which includes a ceremonial ground. Some parts of the separation area and a small portion of the resource/processing area are covered by Strategic Cropping Land Trigger Mapping under the Strategic Cropping Land Act 2011 administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. This indicates the location of potential SCL and further on-ground assessment against the SCL criteria is required to confirm whether the area is or is not an SCL.