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

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BRACALBA KEY RESOURCE AREA – KRA 44
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Caboolture Shire
LOCATION:
The resource is located approximately 17 kilometres west of Caboolture on the D’Aguilar
Highway (see map KRA 44).
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock
EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION:
The rock resource consists of fresh, hard, greenstone, hornfelsed greenstone and granite
(tonalite) occurring at the base of the D’Aguilar Range. Overburden is minimal over much of
the site. Quarries are sited in greenstone and tonalite in the south, and in tonalite to the
northeast of the D’Aguilar Highway.
SIGNIFICANCE:
The resource is sufficient for at least 50 years supply. A wide range of concrete aggregates,
road bases, rip rap and other coarse aggregates is supplied from the existing quarries.
SEPARATION AREA:
The southern perimeter of the southern resource forms a northeasterly trending ridge,
allowing a separation distance of 500 metres. As the country to the east has no intervening
ridges, the full separation distance of 1000 metres has been applied.
The northern resource is surrounded by open country zoned as rural to the northeast and east,
thus the full 1000 metre separation distance is applied, except along the crest of the D’Aguilar
Range to the northwest.
The western boundary is set at 500 metres southwest and west of the southern resource as this
area is shielded by spurs extending from the D’Aguilar Range. The easement of McLeod’s
Road coincides with the crest of the D’Aguilar Range. This road is designated as the
boundary of the Key Resource Area in the northwestern direction.
TRANSPORT ROUTE:
Materials are transported directly on to the D’Aguilar Highway within the KRA.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
The northern end of the resource/processing area contains areas identified with ‘Regional’
significance in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Biodiversity Planning Assessment.
State Planning Policy 2/07 Guideline