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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Townsville City Council

LOCATION: The resource is located about 10 kilometres south of Townsville on the eastern side of the Main Northern Railway line. (See Map KRA 154).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The resource consists of massive granodiorite overlain by andesitic to rhyolitic volcanic rocks. The granodiorite forms a high flat-topped ridge with several reentrant gullies hidden by a lower ridge to the southwest from the surrounding district. Overlying volcanic rocks outcrop throughout an easterly trending ridge on the northern side of the resource.

SIGNIFICANCE: The resource is ideally placed to supply the Townsville and regional markets and the industrial port area to the immediate north. With the varied rock types it could produce crushed rock products such as concrete aggregate, road screenings rail ballast and specialised products such as rip rap for marine projects. It is ideally situated to supply major transport infrastructure projects in Townsville and to the south. Resources in the site are estimated to be sufficient for over 50 years at the current rate of production for the Townsville region. The resource meets the criteria for State significance.

SEPARATION AREA: The resource/processing area is defined by the area where future quarry operations would be screened from adjacent properties. As most of this area is surrounded by ridge crests which are higher than the surrounding land, a separation distance of 500 metres has been adopted.

TRANSPORT ROUTE: The preferred transport route exits the resource near its north western end along Vantassel Street then follows an easement through the western end of the Gravel Reserve then crosses the road and rail spur into the Townsville State Development Area before reaching the Southern Port Road. Adoption of this route would anticipate construction of an access road across the ridges of the northwest corner of the KRA.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Aboriginal Cultural Heritage sites are known to exist in the KRA.