NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES OF QUEENSLAND.

Coal reserves total 5 390 million tonnes recoverable of coking coal and 5 580 million tonnes recoverable of non-coking. Petroleum resources are meagre. Two deposits of oil shale are potentially of economic significance. The Rundle deposit at The Narrows is reported to contain 360 million m**3 of oil in place. An extensive deposit, also of low grade, exists in the Julia Creek area. Uranium is produced at Mary Kathleen near Mount Isa. Other deposits are near Mount Isa and at Westmoreland. Uranium has also been discovered - at Maureen near Georgetown, and at Ben Lomond East, west of Townsville.