cr158695

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Fraser Coast Regional Council

LOCATION: The resource is located about 1 kilometre north of the townships of Yerra, 18 kilometres south-west of Maryborough and about 6.5 kilometres south of the intersection of Maryborough-Biggenden Road with Yerra Road (see map KRA 164).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The resource forms part of the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Graham Creek Formation. Petrographic study indicates the rock type as trachy andesite/rhyodacite material. Though the rock contains calcite mineral, it has been tested and found suitable for use as aggregate and road base material. A quarry is currently operating at the site.

SIGNIFICANCE: The available resource is capable of supplying considerable quantities of rock products to Maryborough, Hervey Bay and western parts of the Fraser Coast region for many years.

SEPARATION AREA: The separation boundary is set at varying distances from the resource boundary based on topography for most of the surrounding area. A separation area of about 500 metres is considered to the west and east of the resource area.

TRANSPORT ROUTE: The materials are to be transported along a private road onto the Yerra Road leading to the north to reach the Maryborough-Biggenden Road.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: A small part of the separation areas is covered by Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) Trigger Mapping pursuant to 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. Some parts of the resource area contain 'of concern' vegetation and a very small part contains 'endangered' vegetation, pursuant to the Vegetation Management Act 1999.