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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Moreton Bay Regional Council

LOCATION: The resource is located 35 km north west of Brisbane and 12 km south west of Caboolture (see map KRA 46).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The extractive resource comprises rocks of the Rocksberg Greenstone, tonalite and hornfels associated with the tonalite intrusion. The rock units occur in a northwesterly trending zone between Petrie and Mount Mee. The resource is currently worked by one major quarry and supplies a wide range of crushed rock products. Land is held by another company to the west of the existing quarry. There are also two potential resource areas, one to the north and the other to the south-east of the main resource which require further investigation.

SIGNIFICANCE: There are substantial resources present which are conveniently situated to supply the northern Brisbane area and the Sunshine Coast markets for many decades. The potential to support much larger rates of extraction is thus considerable. The resource is therefore of State significance.

SEPARATION AREA: A separation distance of 500 metres on the southwestern side of the known resource is considered adequate, as high ridges in the separation area screen the resource area. The separation area covers the western slopes of the ridges, and encroaches only slightly onto the lower country. In the northwestern corner 600 metres has been adopted due to the probable use of this part of the site for stockpiling only. The southern side of the separation area for the southern resource is extended up to the power line easement providing a minimum of 500 metres. The boundary to the north and east is mostly set at 1000 metres from the resource, being closer where ridge lines are less than 1000 metres distant.

TRANSPORT ROUTE: The transport of materials is currently along Raynbird and New Settlement Roads to the Bruce Highway. However, a Dedicated Haulage Corridor has been recommended for future use in a major study commissioned by the former Department of State Development and Innovation, and has been endorsed as a matter of State interest. The shortest transport route from the southern resource would be provided by Neilson, Theodore and Smith Roads.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The KRA contains areas of 'of concern' vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 and areas having regional biodiversity significance under the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection's Biodiversity Planning Assessment. A wildlife corridor supports seasonal east - west raptor migration. The KRA is partly within the Pine Rivers Priority Koala Assessable development area defined under the South East Queensland (Koala) Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions. A small portion of the resource/processing and separation areas are covered by Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) Trigger Mapping under the Regional Planning Interest Act 2014. This indicates the location of potential SCL and further on-ground assessment against the SCL criteria is required to confirm whether or not SCL exists.