Peak Hill Quarry is one of Earth Commodities most productive and strategically located quarries.
Located on the northern outskirts of Rockhampton, just 8km from the Rockhampton CBD, the Peak Hill Quarry comprises 66.79 hectares. 26.16 hectares of the site has been zoned for Extractive Industry purposes.
In geological terms, the Peak Hill Quarry is situated in the Berserker Beds. The Beserker Beds have been described as “a complex unit of volcanics and volcaniclastic sediments with considerable variation of rock types, including rhyolitic lavas, rhyodacitic, dacitic and andesite tuffs, basic lavas and indurated volcanic derived sediments”.
The principal rock types present at the Peak Hill Quarry site include andesite, andesitic tuff, rhyodacitic tuff and diorite.
Recent investigations have determined that there is source rock quantity in excess of 3,500,000 tonnes to the extent of the extraction operation lease.
Phone 07 4936 3400
Fax 07 4936 3574
Postal Address
PO Box 9792, Frenchville, Qld 4701
Street Address
Access 1&2 Yeppoon Road, North Rockhampton, Qld 4702
Email mail.rockhampton@earthcommodities.com.au
- Located on northern outskirts of Rockhampton, 8km from CBD
- Site access from Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road, 1.5km northeast from Bruce Highway intersection
- Total site of 66.79 hectares
- 26.16 hectares zoned for extraction
- Existing extraction areas in northeast portion of the site, development tending to the east
- Vegetation primarily mature ironbark eucalypt trees and natural grass species
- Geologically situated in Berserker Beds
- Principal rock types include:
- andesite
- andesitic tuff
- ryhodasitic tuff
- diorite
- Concrete Aggregate
- Road Base
- Landscape Rock
- Crusher Dust
