8

INDONESIA

120

132

TORRES STRAIT

144

TIMOR

SEA
DARWIN
Browns Cu, Co, Ni, (Pb)

PA P G UA UI NE NE A W

Tiwi Islands Mnsd

Gove Bxt, Kln

Toms Gully Au Rustlers Roost Au

Skardon Rive r Kln

Ranger U

CORAL

Weip a Bx, Kln

SEA
Eastern Creek Cbl Suttor Creek Cbl Wards Well Cbl Riverside Cbl

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf

Rising Tide Au Brocks Creek Au Cosmo Au

Fountain Head Au Frances Creek Fe

Groote Eylandt Mn
Maud Creek Au

Gulf

of
Cape Fla ttery Sis

Newlands Cbl

Mackay

Carpentaria
d

nd Fe Cocka too Isla

Ko ola n Isla nd

Fe
Argyle Dmd

McArthur River Zn, Pb, Ag

Collin gwood Sn

Hail Creek Cbl Burton Cbl North Goonyella Cbl Goonyella Cbl South Walker Creek Cbl Moranbah North Cbl Coppabella Cbl Carborough Downs Cbl Isaac Plains Cbl Moorvale Cbl Millenium Cbl Poitrel Cbl Belyando Au, Ag Peak Downs Cbl Saraji Cbl

This map shows Australian operating mines and deposits where development has commenced or where a decision to mine has been announced. It illustrates broadly the geographic distribution of mines and deposits, and the range of commodities mined.

AUSTRALIAN OPERATING MINES

SCALE 1:10 000 000
0 100 200 300 400

16

Sally Malay Ni
d Ellenda le 4, 9 Dm

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Merlin Dmd Redbank Cu

Tartana Cu Mungana Au, Ag, Cu, Zn, Pb Mount Ga rne t Zn, Pb , Cu , Ag , Au

Blair Athol Cbl

Norwich Park Cbl German Creek East Cbl

500 Kilometres

Cairns

Normanton
Bootu Creek Mn

Broome

Pilla ra Zn, Pb

Century Zn, Pb, Ag

Ba lco om a Cu , Zn, Pb, Dry Riv er So uth Zn, Pb , Cu Au , Ag , Au , Ag

Lu ck y Brea k Ni, Co Fa r Fa nn ing Au Moun t W Warrio r Au rig ht Au Au , Ag

Peko Au, Cu, Co

Coyote Au Callie Au

Lady Annie Cu

Mam moth Cu, Co Leichardt Cu Erne st Henry Cu, Au Grea t Australia Cu, Au Moun t Norma Cu Elois e Cu, Au, Ag Trekelan o Cu, Au
Canningto n Zn, Ag, Pb Osborne Cu, Ag

Town sville

re

Foxleigh Cbl Oaky Creek Cbl Lake Lindsay Cbl Gregory-Crinum Cbl Kestrel Cbl Nardoo Sapph Yarrabee Cbl Curragh North Cbl Ensham Cbl Jellinbah East Cbl Curragh Cbl Bowen Salt Blackwater Cbl Cook Cbl

German Creek Cbl

16

LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION Central Meridian: 134oE Standard Parallels: 18oS, 36oS Geocentric Datum of Australia

at

Minerva Cbl South Blackwater Cbl

MAIN MINERALISED REGIONS BY PREDOMINANT AGE

Mainly Phanerozoic basin cover Palaeozoic to Mesozoic Palaeozoic (542-251 million years old) Proterozoic to Palaeozoic

r Ba

Port
Sa lt Dam pier ll Ni Radio Hi , Zn Pb u, C t Wes Whund o

nd Sa lt Po rt Hedla Fe Nim ingarra Hedland Yarrie Fe , Zn ge Mo k Cu, Pb Sp inifex Rid Whim Cree , Pb Indee Au rin gs Zn , Cu Su lph ur Sp

George Fishe r Zn, Pb, Ag Moun t Isa Cu, Zn, Ag, Pb

Pa jin go (V era Na nc y) Hughen de n Gp

Collin sville Cbl So nom a Cb l

Sa rsfield

Au

rie r
Re

Creek Fe Christmas k Fe Clo ud Brea Fe PB BH Fe i i Yand Nammuld 2 Fe Fe 25 Fe Brockman Yand i - HI oo Fe Orebody Mara nd Fe Oreb od y 23 Fe / Au Area C ice Fe 4 Fe rn te Pa uls en s 18 Fe es Mt To m Pr W Oreb od yba Fe Fe r las ge Jimble West An Coobina Cr oo Fe Pa ra bu rd ody 29 Fe r Fe Fe / Oreb ody 30 Fe Channa 35 y od Oreb Oreb ack Fe / Mt W haleb

J, K, L Fe Deepda le

ie Mn Wood ie Wood Au Golden Ea gle

Nifty Cu

Telfer Au, Cu

Phosphate Hill P

Mackay

ef

Nolans Bore REE, P, U

Mud Tank Vrm

Molyhil W, Mo

Alice Springs

White Range Au

Cork Gp
Mayne River Gp Bry Lease Gp

Longrea ch

Ku nwar

USTRALIA WESTERN A

QUEENSLAND

ara Mgs

Proterozoic (2500-542 million years old) Archaean to Proterozoic

24
o

Rolle ston

Cbl

Ba ra la ba Dawson

Cbl

24

ac La ke M

on Carnarv
Ja ck Hills
Fe Mt Gould Fe

le od Sa

lt
Fo rtnum Au

Plu ton ic Au

Au Fre sh water

Klondyke

So uth C bl
Au , A g

Hill Cbl Norton Cal Au Dawson lid e Cbl Cen tral Cbl Goo nd ic um

Iv eragh Sisd Bo unda ry

Che etha m Sa lt

Gladsto ne

Pb Mage llanlun a Au Wi Su rprise Au V, Ti, Fe Gabanintha

Big Be ll Au

Ju nd ee Au ary Au Ju nd ee -Nim Au Williamson Mt Ke ith Ni g Au Bron ze win Prospe ro Ni

Lambina Opl Mintabie Opl

Crate r Ilm , A p, Fe l, Tm Su n S ta te Le as Mou nt R es Sisd awdon Au , A g, C u, P b, Zn

Archaean (>2500 million years old)

ep s Ni Cosmos De

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Coober Pedy Opl

Oodnadatta

Gurulm

La ke Nerra
gory Grt Po rt Gre

Ta llerin g

myne AttHill 50 Au
, Au , Pb u, Zn , Ag Grove C ka Au Golden Kirkaloc Ag , Au , Cu , Zn Pb , , Cu Sc ud dles Pb , Zn , Ag , Au Hill Gos sa n Fe ka oo Ko olan Peak Fe

Mile s Bn t Maidenw Ko gan Nyo ra Kl ell Dia Cre n Wilk ie C ek Cbl Mea ndu reek Cbl Cbl Ced ars New A cl M in es Bn an d Cbl t So uthe Sa bine r P acific Cbl S an d Si Je eb ropilly sd New Oak Bn t North leig h C Bl bl ack YarramS tradb roke Isl Com mod an ore Cbl Duck Dia Mns d, S En terp ris Mns d isd e Mns d

un di Bn

Mon klan d Au , A g

Operating mine

Deposit on which development has commenced or for which a decision to mine has been announced

BRISBA N

n Geraldto

Challenger Au

Prominent Hill Cu, Au

Olympic Dam Cu, U, Au Andamoo ka Opl

INDIAN OCEAN

Don ga ra

Mns d

rings Tlc Th ree Sp d a Mns En eabb ns d Ju rie n M o Mns d Coo lja rlo ns d ta Ca by M
ns d Gin gin M

Beve rley U Myrtle Sprin gs Mgs Leigh Creek Cbl Belta na Zn

Mt Gunson Cu

Mt Fitto n Tlc

Bourke
En deavor (E lura) Zn , Pb , Ag CSA Cu, Pb Pe , Zn, Ag Pe rse ve ranak Au , Cu / Ne w Co bar Au ce Au , Cu , Cu / Ne w Occid en tal Au Bro ken Hill Zn , Pb , Ag Bro ken Hill Grt Trip le Chanc e Fel, Grt

Lightnin g Ri

dg e Opl

Twin Hill

s Ag

Orap arinna Brt Linkes Lode Brt White Dam Au Teetulpa Au

Wh ite Cliffs Opl

Grafton
Ba rrab Hillg ro ve a Dia Au , Sb White ha ve n Cbl

Lake Macdonnell Gp

Ceduna
23 Mile Sia

Honeymo on U

Tritton Cu Mt Bo ppy Au Hera Au , Cu , Pb, Zn, Ag

Cre ss fie

Tamwort h
Port Ma cquarie

Wad naminga Au, Ag

32

Tu

u on Au , C Bo ddingt Bx Hun tly Bx Worsle y Mns d Bx up e er al ag W Willo wdgton 1-2 Cbl Mns d Yarlo op sd Ewin ie r Cbl n Si Prem bl Ke merto MujaC d nup Mns Mns d di in up ns d w an G Dard Ilu ka Mns d West M es Ta , Li, Sn p nu ga sh Yo d Cap el Greenbu uth Mns tunu p So

PERT H

Ni Flying Fox

Iron Duke Fe / Iron Magn et Fe

Gin gko Mnsd

rpe Ni, Ravenstho

Esperance

Co lt Pin k La ke Sa

So uthd ow Sisd Min diju p

n Fe

t Gr e a

Australian

Bight

Lake Mala ta Gp

Everard Gp Wheal Hughes Cu, Au

Williamstown Kln, Ky, Syl, Mica Spide r Lake Gp

NEW SO UT H

ld Bn t

Morg an Gp Birdwood Kln Blanc hetown Gp

Mildura

Aru mp o Bn t

WALES s Cu, Au
Northpa rke Cowa l Au
Th ud du ngra Mgs

Newcast le

32

ADELAIDE

Glen shera Sia

Albany
Leinster Ni Lawlers Au Agnew Au Lord Henry Au Centenary Au Darlot Au Waterloo Ni Thunderbox Au Jaguar Zn, Cu, Ag, Pbi Barnicoat Au Sickle Au Wallaby Au Murrin Murrin Ni, Co Mt Weld REE Mt Ida - Timoni Au Menzies Au Windarling Fe Mt Jackson Fe Lake Deborah Salt Koolyanobbing Fe Sand George Au Cawse Ni, Co Gimlet South Au Mt Pleasant Au Kundana Au Kundana East Au Mt Marion Au Bullabulling Au Burbanks Au Black Swan Ni Silver Swan Ni Kanowna Belle Au Superpit Au Blair Ni Daisy Milano Au Long Ni / Victor Ni Beta Ni Spargoville Au St Ives Au 132N Ni Lanfranchi Ni Wannaway Ni Miitel Ni Mariners Ni Redross Ni Trident Au Maggie Hays Ni Norseman Au

Gum eracha Tlc Angas Zn Cooke Plain s Gp Men ingie Gp

Mind arie Ilm, Zrn, Leu, Rt

C
CANBER RA

SYDNEY
Brea da lba ne Fe

VICTORIA
Be ndigo Au Stawell Au Ba lla rat Au La l Lal Kl Madd ingn ley Cbr

Wollongo ng

ACT

TASMA SEA

Ag Ap Att Au Bnt Brt Bx Cbl Cbr Co Cr Cu Dia Dmd Fe Fel Gp Grt Ilm Kln Ky Li Mgs

Silver Apatite Attapulgite Gold Bentonite Barite Bauxite Coal (black) Coal (brown) Cobalt Chromium Copper Diatomite Diamond Iron Feldspar Gypsum Garnet Ilmenite Kaolin Kyanite Lithium Magnesite

COMMODITIES
Mica Mn Mnsd Mo Ni Opl P Pb REE Salt Sapph Sb Sia Sisd Sn Syl Ta Tlc Tm U V Vrm W Zn

Mica Manganese Mineral sands Molybdenum Nickel Opal Phosphate Lead Rare Earth Elements Salt Sapphire Antimony Silica Silica sands Tin Sillimanite Tantalum Talc Titanomagnetite Uranium Vanaduim Vermiculite Tungsten Zinc

Windimurra V

Douglas Mnsd

Fo ste rville Ax ed ale KlAu n Coste rfie ld (A

ug usta) Au

, Sb

Sunrise Dam Au

Warrnambool

An gle se a

Cbr

Yallourn Cbr Hazelwoo d Cbr

MELBOU R

Compiled by M.B. Huleatt, A.L. Jaques Cartography by G.A. Young, V.A. Cooper It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Huleatt, M.B., Jaques, A.L., 200 8 Australian Operating Mines (1:10 000 000 scale map) Geoscience Australia, Canberra Geocat No 65651 ISBN: 978-1-921236-073-0

NE
Cbr

Lo y Yang

Dolph in W, Mo

BASS STRAIT

40

Marvel Loch Au

Emily Ann Ni

Sc otia Sn Ka ra W , Sa pph Mt Bischoff Be aconsfi Sn Sa va ge Ri eld Que Riv er ve r Fe Helly er (tailin Zn , Pb , Cu Au gs) Zn , Pb , , Ag , Au Ag Renis on Be Bl Du ll ac Sn ncan Cb kw oo d No Comstoc k l . 4 Cbl Henty Culle nswo Aveb uryZn od Cbl Rosebery Au Ni Zn , Pb , Ag , Cu , Au Moun t Ly ell Cu, Au

Muswellbrook No 2 Cbl Ulan Cbl Stratford (Bowens Rd) Cbl Dartbrook (Kayuga) Cbl Drayton Cbl Bengalla Cbl Cumnock No 1 Cbl / Liddell Cbl Mount Arthur Cbl Duralie Cbl Ashton Cbl / Narama Cbl / Newpac 1 Cbl Ravensworth East Cbl / Mt Owen Cbl Lemington Cbl / Howick Cbl / Hunter Valley No 1 Cbl Glennies Creek Cbl United Colleries Cbl Camberwell Cbl Wambo Cbl Rixs Creek Cbl Hunter Coalfield Wakworth Cbl Bulga Cbl Mount Thorley Cbl Charbon Cbl Bloomfield Cbl Hill End Au Donaldson Cbl West Wallsend Cbl Austar Cbl Newcastle Westside Cbl Newstan Cbl Cullen Valley Cbl Awaba Cbl Myuna Cbl Baal Bone Cbl Mandalong Ridgeway Au, Cu Cbl Mannering Cbl Angus Place Cbl Newcastle Coalfield Chain Valley Cbl Cadia Au, Cu Clarence Cbl Springvale Cbl Tallawang Fe Gulgong Kln

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Western Coalfield
Oberon Fel

SYDNEY
Metropolitan Cbl West Cliff Cbl Dendrobium Cbl

40

TASMANIA

HOBART

Appin Cbl Tahmoor Cbl Berrima Cbl

Southern Coalfield

Wollongong

108

120

132

144

156