cr157410

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Moreton Bay Regional Council

LOCATION: The resource occurs south of the Caboolture-Bribie Island Road, and between Bestmann Road and Peel Road at Ningi, and the coastline of Godwin Beach, from 12 to 15 kilometres east of Caboolture (see map KRA 47).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Sand

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The resource is comprised of sand dunes of varying ages occurring as beach accretion ridges, and occupies a broad band trending east-northeast to northeast, sub-parallel to the present coastline. The younger sand is light to mid brown, becoming pale to mid grey with depth, mainly fine to medium grained, with some coarse grained at depth. The older dune sand is white, fine to medium grained, and well leached. The material ranges from 3 metres to over 9 metres in depth.

SIGNIFICANCE: The resource is sufficient to meet a large proportion of supply requirements in the north Brisbane, Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast concrete and bituminous aggregate markets. The remainder under mining lease would be able to supply specialist sands markets, as well as being capable of supply into regional aggregate markets.

SEPARATION AREA: A maximum separation area of 200 metres is maintained around the resource, including areas with mining tenements. Residential lots in the northeastern corner constrain the separation distance to the resource boundary.

TRANSPORT ROUTE: The route is from the current site on to Bestmann Road and to the Caboolture-Bribie Island Road. Future access from the northerly part of the resource, which is covered by mining lease, could be directly onto the Caboolture-Bribie Island Road.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The KRA contains areas of 'of concern' vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999, areas having State biodiversity significance under the Environmental Protection Agency's Biodiversity Planning Assessment, and encompasses some cultural heritage sites of State significance. The southern half of the KRA is covered by Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) 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.