The Yaamba Pit is situated approximately 1km west of the township of Yaamba. Yaamba is 30km northwest of Rockhampton.
The site is made up of two parcels of land – a freehold parcel comprising 54.026 hectares and an adjoining lot to the west of 40.5 hectares operating under a Forestry Department lease.
In geological terms, the Yaamba Pit is located in alluvial deposits of Quaternary age. These Holocene sediments associated with riverine deposits of the Fitzroy River, comprise gravel, sand, silt and clay.
The site area is within the Beserker Beds, which 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”.
Sand and gravel are the principal extractions from the Yaamba Pit.
Recent calculations put the reserve quantities at 3,000,000 tonnes on the freehold parcel and a further 2,000,000 tonnes on the Forestry lease.
Phone 07 4936 3400
Fax 07 4936 3574
Postal Address
PO Box 9792, Frenchville, Qld 4701
Street Address
Bruce Highway, Yaamba, Qld 4702
Email mail.yaamba@earthcommodities.com.au
- Located on western edge of Yaamba, 30 km northwest of Rockhampton
- Site access from the Bruce Highway
- Total site of over 94 hectares – freehold lease parcel and adjoining lot operating under Forestry Department lease
- Vegetation primarily mature river gum eucalypt trees and natural grass species
- Geologically situated in alluvial deposits of Quaternary age within the Berserker Beds
- Principal extractions are sand and gravel
- Cement Blend Sand
- Bedding Sand
- 7 – 50 mm River Pebble
