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

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RED RIDGE KEY RESOURCE AREA – KRA 92
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Isis Shire
LOCATION:
The resource is located near the Goodwood Road, about 12 kilometres east of Childers (see
map KRA 92).
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION:
The resource is an isolated occurrence of basalt that forms a low hill south of the Gregory
River crossing on the Goodwood Road. Surface indications of basalt extend for a kilometre
to the northeast of the existing pit. The thickness of the basalt is unknown.
SIGNIFICANCE:
An existing quarry in the resource is a major supplier of quarry products to the Bundaberg
district, the Isis Shire and Hervey Bay City. Supply from this resource is expected to increase
in future as hardrock resources in the surrounding district, especially the Burnett Shire, are
exhausted. Resources in the present quarry are sufficient for over 10 years supply at current
production rates. The resource life for the whole deposit is estimated at more than 50 years.
SEPARATION AREA:
A separation distance of 1000 metres is required to the south, east and north of the
resource/processing area where the existing landform provides no effective screening of
future quarry impacts.
A separation distance of approximately 500 metres has been adopted along the western
boundary where an intervening low ridge will provide partial shielding of quarry-related
impacts.
TRANSPORT ROUTE:
Materials are transported over an unpaved road through land owned by the quarry operator
directly onto the State-controlled Goodwood Road to the east.
State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline