o

INDONESIA

120

132

TIMOR

SEA

TORRES STRAIT

144

PA
P
G UA
UI
NE NE
A W

Browns Cu, Co, Ni, (Pb)

Joseph
Bonaparte
Gulf

Rising Tide Au
Brocks Creek Au
Cosmo Au

Toms Gully Au
Rustlers Roost Au

CORAL

Skardon Rive r Kln

Gove Bxt, Kln

Ranger U

Fountain Head Au
Frances Creek Fe

Gulf

Groote Eylandt Mn
Maud Creek Au

of

Suttor Creek Cbl

Broome

Redbank Cu

Pilla ra Zn, Pb

Bootu Creek Mn

Century Zn, Pb, Ag

Peko Au, Cu, Co

George Fishe r Zn, Pb,

Ag
Moun t Isa Cu, Zn, Ag, Pb

Erne st Henry Cu, Au

Grea t Australia Cu, Au
Moun t Norma Cu
Elois e Cu, Au, Ag

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
Fe
Pa ra bu rd
ebody 29
r Fe
Channaeb
35 Fe / Or ebody 30 Fe
y
od
Or
Or
ack Fe /
Mt W haleb

Mud Tank Vrm

ac
La ke M

24

le od Sa

lt

on
Carnarv

Plu ton ic Au

Fo rtnum Au
Fe
Mt Gould
Fe

Ja ck Hills

La ke Nerra
gory Grt
Po rt Gre

n
Geraldto

INDIAN

Don ga ra

Mns d

ep s Ni
Cosmos De

Prospe ro

Ni

32

Tu

Prominent Hill Cu, Au

Mt Fitto n Tlc

Beve rley U
Myrtle Sprin gs Mgs
Leigh Creek Cbl
Belta na Zn
Orap arinna Brt
Linkes Lode Brt

Honeymo on U

Ceduna

White Dam Au
Teetulpa Au

23 Mile Sia

Wad naminga Au, Ag

rpe Ni,
Ravenstho

Esperance

Co
lt
Pin k La ke Sa

t
Gr e a

n Fe

Australian

Lake Mala ta Gp

Bight

Williamstown Kln, Ky,

Syl, Mica
Spide r Lake Gp

Albany

Windimurra V

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 Jackson Fe
Lake Deborah Salt
Koolyanobbing Fe

Marvel Loch Au

NEW SO
UT H

ADELAIDE

Glen shera Sia

Morg an Gp

108

Aru mp o Bn t

Birdwood Kln

Operating mine

Mon klan
d Au , A
g

Gum eracha Tlc

Angas Zn
Cooke Plain s Gp
Men ingie Gp

dg e Opl

Deposit on which development has commenced or

for which a decision to mine has been announced

CANBER

Stawell Au

Cbr

ug usta) Au

MELBOU
R

Yallourn
Cbr
Hazelwoo
d Cbr

32

Newcast
le

An gle se a

Port Ma
cquarie

Cowa l Au

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

RA

SYDNEY
Brea da lba

ne Fe

Wollongo
ng

TASMA

ACT

SEA

, Sb

Cbr

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

BASS STRAIT

Maggie Hays Ni

Dolph in W,
Mo

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
Comstoc k
l
Henty
Culle nswod No . 4 Cbl
Aveb uryZn
od Cbl
Rosebery Au
Ni
Zn , Pb , Ag
, Cu , Au
Moun t Ly
ell Cu, Au

Tallawang Fe

Norseman Au

TASMANIA

132

144

Western Coalfield
Oberon Fel

SYDNEY

Southern Coalfield

Appin Cbl
Tahmoor Cbl
Berrima Cbl

Metropolitan Cbl
West Cliff Cbl
Dendrobium Cbl

Wollongong

156

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

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

Lo y Yang

COMMODITIES

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

Compiled by M.B. Huleatt, A.L. Jaques

Cartography by G.A. Young, V.A. Cooper

Commonwealth of Australia, 2008

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any process without written permission. Inquiries should be directed to the Communications
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Gulgong Kln

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

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

s Ag

ld Bn t

Th ud du
ngra Mgs

Be ndigo Au

Northpa rke

VICTORIA

Warrnambool

Cre ss fie

WALES s Cu, Au

Mind arie Ilm, Zrn, Leu,

Rt

Ba lla rat Au
La l Lal Kl
Madd ingn
ley Cbr

Cawse Ni, Co
Gimlet South Au
Mt Pleasant Au
Kundana Au
Kundana East Au
Mt Marion Au
Bullabulling Au
Burbanks Au

Archaean (>2500 million years old)

Tamwort
h

Hera Au , Cu
, Pb, Zn, Ag

HOBART

120

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

Twin Hill

Tritton Cu
Mt Bo ppy Au

Mildura

Blanc hetown Gp

Sand George Au

Emily Ann Ni

un di Bn

24

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

Menzies Au
Windarling Fe

Au , A g

Archaean to Proterozoic

Gladsto
ne

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

Grafton

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

Douglas
Mnsd

Sunrise Dam Au

Mt Ida - Timoni Au

40

So uth C
bl

Wh ite Cliffs
Opl

Gin gko Mnsd

Everard Gp
Wheal Hughes Cu, Au

Lightnin g
Ri

Bourke

Iron Duke Fe / Iron Magn

et Fe

Ni
Flying Fox

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

So uthd ow
Sisd
Min diju p

Cbl

BRISBA
N

Olympic Dam Cu, U, Au

Andamoo ka Opl

Lake Macdonnell Gp

Iv eragh
Sisd
Bo unda
ry

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

Mt Gunson Cu

PERT H

Gurulm

Oodnadatta

Challenger Au

ns d
Ju rie n M
o Mns d
Coo lja rlo
ns d
ta
Ca by M

Ba ra la ba

Cbl

Coober Pedy Opl

, 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

Proterozoic (2500-542 million years old)

ara Mgs

Che etha
m Sa lt

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Mt Ke ith Ni
g Au
Bron ze win

rings Tlc
Th ree Sp
d
a Mns
En eabb

OCEAN

Rolle ston

Lambina Opl

Peak Fe

ns d
Gin gin M

Ku nwar

Klondyke

myne AttHill 50 Au

Ta llerin g

Longrea ch

Bry Lease Gp

Dawson

Mintabie Opl

Palaeozoic (542-251 million years old)

Proterozoic to Palaeozoic

QUEENSLAND

Ju nd ee Au
ary Au
Ju nd ee -Nim
Au
Williamson

500 Kilometres

Palaeozoic to Mesozoic

Cork Gp
Mayne River
Gp

400

Mainly Phanerozoic basin cover

Mackay

Au
Fre sh water

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

Collin sville
Cbl
So nom a Cb
l

Au

Molyhil W, Mo

USTRALIA
WESTERN A

Au , Ag

Sa rsfield

at

Canningto n Zn, Ag, Pb

Osborne Cu, Ag

White Range Au

Alice Springs

Hughen de
n Gp

Town sville

300

MAIN MINERALISED REGIONS

BY PREDOMINANT AGE

Minerva Cbl
South Blackwater Cbl

ef

Nolans Bore REE, P, U

Pa jin go (V
era Na nc
y)

Trekelan o Cu, Au

Phosphate Hill P

Telfer Au, Cu

k Ni, Co
Fa r Fa nn
ing Au
Moun t W
Warrio r Au rig ht Au

200

LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION

Central Meridian: 134oE Standard Parallels: 18oS, 36oS
Geocentric Datum of Australia

Re

J, K, L Fe
Deepda le

Nifty Cu

Lu ck y Brea

16

ie Mn
Wood ie Wood
Au
Golden Ea gle

, Au

re

German Creek East Cbl

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

100

rie

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

German Creek Cbl

Norwich Park Cbl

r
Ba

Port

Cairns

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

Mam moth Cu, Co

Leichardt Cu

Lady Annie Cu

Callie Au

Mount Ga rne
t Zn, Pb , Cu
, Ag

SCALE 1:10 000 000

Saraji Cbl

Tartana Cu
Mungana Au,
Ag, Cu, Zn, Pb

Normanton

Coyote Au

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

Blair Athol Cbl

d
Ellenda le 4, 9 Dm

16

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.

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

Collin gwood
Sn

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Mackay

Wards Well Cbl

Riverside Cbl

Carpentaria

Merlin Dmd

Sally Malay Ni

AUSTRALIAN
OPERATING MINES

Eastern Creek Cbl

Newlands Cbl

McArthur River Zn, Pb, Ag

Fe
Argyle Dmd

SEA

Weip a Bx, Kln

Cape Fla ttery

Sis

Ko ola n Isla nd

Tiwi Islands Mnsd

DARWIN

nd Fe
Cocka too Isla

40

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