State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline - Queensland Mining and Safety

102
PURGA KEY RESOURCE AREA – KRA 82
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Ipswich City
LOCATION:
The resource is located east of the Boonah Road about 4 kilometres northeast of Peak
Crossing. It is about 18 kilometres south of Ipswich (see map KRA 82).
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION:
The resource consists of a thick steeply dipping sill of fine dark grey basalt, which is
underlain by weathered sandstone. It forms a prominent conical hill in which a moderate
sized quarry has been established largely on the western side.
SIGNIFICANCE:
The resource provides a substantial proportion of the aggregate production for the Ipswich
and Fassifern Valley districts. There are sufficient resources for over ten years supply.
SEPARATION AREA:
The full 1000 metre separation distance has been adopted around most of the
resource/processing area as the resource is topographically higher than the surrounding land.
The separation area has been slightly truncated in the west where the boundary is defined as
the Ipswich-Boonah Road.
TRANSPORT ROUTE:
The transport route is along T. Morrows Road to the Ipswich-Boonah Road. The majority of
the rock is transported to Ipswich to the north, but some is transported to rural markets
elsewhere.
State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline