o

INDONESIA

120

132

TIMOR

TORRES STRAIT

144

PA
P
G UA
UI
NE NE
A W

SEA
DARWIN

Joseph
Bonaparte
Gulf

Gove Bx

CORAL

Ely Bx

Ranger U

SEACollinsville Cbl

Weipa Bx

Frances Creek Fe

Groote Eylandt Mn

Gulf

Koolan Island Fe

Oobagoom a U
o

Broome

Duc hess-P aradis

Zn, Pb, Ag
Admiral Bay

Redbank Cu
Junnagunna U

Cr
Panton PGE, Ni, Cu, Au,

Highland Plains P

Bootu Creek Mn

e Cbl

,U
Cum mins Range REE

Bigrlyi U, V

Central Fe

Osborne Cu, Au

Nolans Bore REE, U, P

Mud Tank Vrm

Alice Springs

24

Fe
Jack Hills

INDIAN
OCEAN

Coo

Mnz
Zrn, Leu,
Ilm , Rt,
Gingin

PERT H

le Bx
Willowda
u
, Zrn, Le
Ilm
e
lin
S hore
Leu, Z rn
Waroona
t,
R
,
p Ilm
Dar danu
Leu, Z rn
Ilm , Rt,
p South rn, Rt
Z
,
Gwindinu
orth Ilm
Capel N
, Zrn, Rt
Capel Ilm
Leu
Ilm , Zrn,
Ludlow
rn, Ilm
S outh Z
Tutunup

32

Rolleston Cb
l

Bx
Bindoon

Cracow Au

Nebo-Babel Ni, Cu, PGE

m ary Au
Jundee - Ni
Way U
Au
ke
La
na
ilu
W
U
t Fe
Centipede
dU
Wiluna Wes
Lake M aitlan , Cu
Cliffs Ni, Co
U
ith Ni, Co
Yeelirrie
Mount KeNi
, Co
Tapinos ro Ni
Ni, Co
Alec M air s
Pr os pe

Mintabie Opl

Oodnadatta

Coober Pedy Opl

Phillipson Cbl

Tropicana Au

Cairn Hill Cu, Au, Fe

White Cliffs Op

Oraparinna Brt
Goulds Dam U

Huntly Bx
u
ton Au, C
Bodding
Bx
Worsley on Cbl
Ewingt
Cbl
Prem ier
bl
, Rt
Muja Cor
th Zrn, Ilm n
N
p
Gwindinu es Ta, Li, K ln, S u
Le
sh
,
rn
bu
Green relines Ilm , Z
S ho
Yoganup

Wilcherry Hill Fe

Southdow

Lock Cbl

in Li, Ta
Mount Cattl
pe Ni
Ravensthor

Gr e a

n Fe

Albany

Australian

Bight

Koolanooka Fe
Mount Karara Fe
Three Springs Tlc

Windarling Fe
Mount Jackson Fe

Cooljarloo Ilm, Zrn, Rt, Leu

Koolyanobbing Fe

40

Marvel Loch Au

Cometvale Au

Mindarie Zrn, Rt, Ilm, Leu

Douglas Rt, Ilm, Zrn

120

Boddington Au, Cu
Worsley Bx
Waroona Shoreline Ilm, Zrn, Leu

Warrnambool

Cbr

MELBOU
R

Wilga Cu,

NE

Zn, Au, Ag

Yallour n Cb
r
Loy Yang Cb
r
Hazelw ood
Mine Cbr

Syerston Ni, Co, Cr, PGE

Beac onsfiel
d Au
Mount BiscKara Fe, W
ho
ff
Sn
Savage Rive
r
Fe
Rosebery Zn
, Pb, Ag, Au
, Cu
Dunc an Cb
l
Renison Be
Blackwood
ll Sn
Henty Au
Cu
lle woodCbl
Qu
Avebury Ni
Mount Lyell e River Zn, Cu,ns
l
Ag, Pb, Cb
Cu, Ag, Au
Au

TASMANIA

Kim bolton

Cbl

HOBART

144

Mineral deposit
Operating mine

and Cbl
Nor th S
tr adbro
ke Islan
New O ak
d Zrn, R
leigh Cbl
t, Ilm

Developing mine

Ag
Au
Brt
Bx
Cbl
Cbr
Co
Cr
Cu
Dmd
Fe
Ilm
In
Jade
Leu
Li
Mgs
Mn
Mnz
Mo

Boggabri
Cbl
Tarr aw on
H
ga Cbl illgrov e Au, S b
Roc glen C
bl

Tamwort
h

reek Cbl

Port Ma
cquarie

32

SYDNEY

Dolphin W

Archean (>2500 million years old)

Cbl

Newcast
le

BASS STRAIT

Norseman Au, Ag

Archean to Proterozoic

Au

BRISBA
N

RA

Wollongo
ng

TASMA

Reef Au

SEA

Fosterville Au
Augusta

VICTORIA Au, Sb
Maddingley

COMMODITIES

Werris C

ACT

Anglesea Cb
r

Mulga Rock U

132

Cbl

Dar gues

Ballarat East Au

Canyon

CANBER

Kangaroo Flat
Au
Stawell Au

ore Cbl

Cowal Au

Donald Ilm, Rt, Zrn, Leu

Carosue Dam Au
Paddington Au
Kanowna Belle Au
Ballarat Last Chance Au
Kundana Au
Super Pit Au
Raleigh Au
Perseverance Au
Frogs Leg Au
Daisy Milano Au
Bullabulling Au
Victor Ni
Burbanks Au
Gibb Ni
Otter - Juan Ni
Long
Ni, Cu
Wattle Dam Au
Lanfranchi Ni
Saint Ives - Kambalda Au
Mariners Ni, Co
Trident Au
Redross Ni, Co, Cu

Lounge Lizard Ni
Spotted Quoll Ni, Cu, Co

Tritton Cu
The Peak Au
, Cu
Hera Cu, Pb
, Zn, Ag, Au

Marsden Cu
, Au
Young
Thuddungra Ni
Mgs

Kulwin Ilm , Rt
, Zrn

Goongarrie Ni, Co

Flying Fox Ni
o

Mildura

24

Grafton

Narrabri Cb
l

Endeavor Zn
, Pb, Ag, Cu

NEW SO
UTH WA
LE S

Kanm antoo Cu, Au

Angas Zn, Pb, Au, Ag, Cu

New A cl

Sy erston Ni
, Co, Cr, PG
E
Northparkes
Cu, Au

Ginkgo Zrn, Rt,

Ilm

Snapper Rt, Zrn, Ilm,

Leu

ADELAIDE

Mount Keith Ni, Co, Cu

Cliffs Ni, Co
Yeelirrie U
MairsNiNi, Co
Tapinos Ni, CoAlec
Prospero
Perseverance Ni
Perseverance Ni
Darlot Au Thatcher Soak U
Centenary Au
Lawlers Au
Agnew Au
Lord Nelson Au
Jaguar Zn, Cu, Ag
Windimurra V, Fe, Rt, Ti
Wallaby Au
Mount Weld REE
Murrin Murrin Ni, Co

CSA Cu, Pb
, Zn, Ag

Proterozoic (2500-542 million years old)

Lightning Ri
dge Opl

Bourke

Broken Hill Zn, Pb,

Ag
The Pinnacles Pb
, Zn, Ag, Au

Middleback Range Fe

Cowell Jade

Wilgerup Fe

Esperance

Honeymoon U

Crock er Well U

Menninnie Dam Zn, Pb, Ag

Sunrise Dam Au

108

Com m od

Peculiar Knob Fe
Witchelina Mgs
Prominent Hill Cu, Au
Challenger Au Sequoia Fe
Mount Fitton Tlc
Hawks Nest Fe
Four Mile U
Giffen Well Fe
Andam ooka Opl
Beverley U
Wilgena Hill Fe
Mount Gee U
Jacinth - Ambrosia Zrn, Rt, Ilm
Leigh Creek Cbl
Olympic Dam Cu, U, Au, Ag

Ceduna

Meandu

Wilk ie Cre
ek Cbl

Weedina Cbl

Ilm
Cyc lone Zrn, Leu, Rt,

Proterozoic to Paleozoic

Mount R
awdon

Kogan Cre
ek Cbl

East Wintinna Cbl

Wintinna Cbl
Murloocoppie Cbl

Gwalia Deeps Au

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

, Pb

Silver
Gold
Barite
Bauxite
Coal (black)
Coal (brown)
Cobalt
Chromium
Copper
Diamond
Iron
Ilmenite
Indium
Jade
Leucoxene
Lithium
Magnesite
Manganese
Monazite
Molybdenum

Ni
Opl
Osh
P
Pb
PGE
Re
REE
Rt
Sb
Sisd
Sn
Ta
Ti
Tlc
U
V
Vrm
W
Zn
Zrn

Nickel
Opal
Oil Shale
Phosphorous
Lead
Platinium Group Elements
Rhenium
Rare Earth Elements
Rutile
Antimony
Silica sand
Tin
Tantalum
Titanium
Talc
Uranium
Vanadium
Vermiculite
Tungsten
Zinc
Zircon

Compiled by M.B. Huleatt

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

Ulan Cbl Muswellbrook 2 Cbl

Ravensworth East Cbl
Liddell Cbl
Moolarben Cbl
Mount Owen Cbl
Stratford Cbl
Bengalla Cbl
Ashton/Glendell/Newpac 1 Cbl
Mount Arthur/Drayton Cbl
Duralie Cbl
Ravensworth West/Cumnock/Howick Cbl
Camberwell/Glennies Creek Cbl
Bowdens Ag, Zn, Pb
United Cbl
Rixs Creek Cbl
Ravensworth Narama/Hunter Valley Cbl
Warkworth Cbl
Mount Thorley Cbl
Hunter Coalfield
Wambo Cbl
Copper Hill Au, Cu
South Blakefield Cbl
Bloomfield Cbl
Charbon Cbl
Donaldson Cbl
Austar Cbl
Lewis Ponds Cu, Au, Pb, Ag, Zn
Tasman Cbl
Westside/Newstan
Cbl
West Wallsend Cbl
Invincible Cbl Baal Bone Cbl
Awaba Cbl
Pine Dale Cbl
Ridgeway Au, Cu
Myuna Cbl
Angus Place Cbl
Cadia Au, Cu
Mandalong Cbl
Chain Valley Cbl
Springvale Cbl
Newcastle Mannering Cbl
Clarence Cbl
Tallawang Fe
Wilpinjong Cbl

Western Coalfield

Coalfield

Oberon Fel, Mica

Tahmoor Cbl

500 Kilometres

Paleozoic (542-251 million years old)

Gla

Dawson So
uth Cbl

400

Paleozoic to Mesozoic

dstone
Boundar
yH
Callide C ill Cbl
bl
Dawson Cb
l

Baralaba Cb
l

300

Mainly Phanerozoic basin cover

Rundle O
sh
Stuart O
sh

Wingellina Ni, Co

Peak Fe
Tallering
Au, Cu
b, Zn, Ag,
P
ill
H
n
b
Gossa
P
g,
A
Cu, A u,
rove Zn,
Golden Gn
ara Fe
Mount K ar
Geraldto
ok a Fe
Koolano
lc
pr ings T
Three S
, Zrn, Rt
Ilm
ba
ibson Fe
Eneab
Mount G
Cbl
Eneabba
gan P
Dandara
Leu
, Zrn, Rt,
ljarloo Ilm

Dawson Cbl

Mar lborou
gh Ni, C
o
Coorum
bu a Ni,
Kunwarrrar
C
a Mgso
Brolga N
i,Co

Longrea ch

200

MAIN MINERALISED REGIONS

BY PREDOMINANT AGE

Boundary Hill Cbl

Mackay

QUEENSLAND

Plutonic Au

on
Carnarv

Collinsville
Cbl
Sonom a Cb
l

Zn

Angela U

USTRALIA
WESTERN A

Tinto) Ni, Co
Mount Wrig
Au
Sars field ht
Au

Baralaba Cbl

Rolleston Cbl

ef

Nifty Cu
Telfer Au, Cu
oodie Mn
Fe
Cu, Co
Woodie W
Mar illana
Mn, Fe
ll
Maroochydore
Hi
t
al
An
or
i Fe
Balm
BHPB Yand
Fe
k
ea
Fe
Br
U
Fe
A
e
Cloud
Kintyre
Creek
o Fe
Deepdal
Chris tm as Fe
Mar ando
e J Fe
Fe
HIYandi C Fe
Deepdal
SolomonFe
ea
Ar
g
di
in
Min
s Fe
Nam m ul Fe
Hope Down Fe
4
Brockm an
Orebody 2518 Fe
y
od
Fe
eb
ay
Or
Railw
Au
WellPU
Jimblebar Fe
aulsens
Bennetts
nge Fe
las Fe
m Pr ic e Fe
Robertson Ra
Mount To
West Ange
Fe
ge
an
R
Fe
23 Fe
oo
y
rd
od
Eas tern
eb
bu
Or
ra
Ag
Pa
, Pb,
owns Zn
Pr airie D
Fe
haleback
Mount W
, Au
Abra Pb, Cu

Andersons Lode U
Mount Dore Cu, Au Mount Elliott Cu, Au
Starra Cu, Au Mer lin Mo, Re
Phosphate Hill P
Cannington Pb, Ag,

at

Re

V, Fe
Balla Balla Cu, Zn
reek
Whim C
Cu, Zn, Ag
Fe
Whundo
Wodgina

Yarrie Fe

Lucky Br ea
k (Verde

100

Cook Cbl

Pardoo Fe

re

Minerva Cbl

LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION

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

rie

land
Port Hed

Town sville

Charters Towe
rs Au, Ag
Merriland Au
Vera - Nanc y
Au, Ag

Coorumburra Ni, Co
Marlborough Ni, Co

Curragh Cbl

Blackwater Cbl

r
Ba

Callie Au

SCALE 1:10 000 000

Norwich Park Cbl

German Creek East Cbl

o
Oaky Creek Cbl
Foxleigh Cbl
16
Crinum Cbl
Lake Lindsay Cbl
Gregory Cbl
Yarrabee Cbl
Kestrel Cbl
Curragh North Cbl
Ensham Cbl
Jellinbah East Cbl

Baal Gam m
on Cu, Sn,
In
Mount Garne
t Zn, Cu, Ag

Wonarah P

Saraji Cbl
Lake Vermont Cbl

Middlemount Cbl
German Creek Cbl

Minnamoolka
Ni, Co
Chloe-Jackson
Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag
Dry River South
Ba
lcoom a Zn, Pb
Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag,
, Cu
Au
Agate Creek Au

Babbling Brooke Hill P

Century Zn, Pb, Ag

South Walker Creek Cbl

Coppabella Cbl
Carborough Downs Cbl
Moorvale Cbl
Poitrel Cbl

Clermont Cbl

Cairns

Normanton

Thortonia P Lady Jane P

Mount Gordon Cu
D-Tree P
Lady Annie P
Valhalla U
Dugald River Zn, Pb,
Ag
Skal U
Sherrin Creek P
Ernest Henry Cu, Au
George Fisher Zn, Pb, Ag
Monakoff Cu, Au
Mount Isa Cu
Roc klands Cu, Co
Mount Isa Zn, Pb, Ag

Explorer 108 Zn, Pb, Au, Ag, Cu

Coyote Au

Mungana Zn, Cu
, Ag, Au, Pb

Redtree U

Burton Cbl

Isaac Plains Cbl

Millennium Cbl
Peak Downs Cbl

Blair Athol Cbl

This map shows Australian operating mines, deposits where

development has commenced or where a decision to mine has
been announced and selected mineral deposits. Closed mines or
mines not currently operating are not shown. It illustrates broadly
the geographic distribution of mines and deposits, and the range of
selected commodities mined.

Hail Creek Cbl

North Goonyella Cbl

Goonyella Cbl
Moranbah North Cbl

Watershed
W

Merlin Dmd

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Savannah Ni, Cu, Co

Ellendale Dmd

16

McArthur River Zn, Pb, Ag

Argy le Alluvials Dmd

Argy le Dmd

Mackay

Suttor Creek Cbl

Carpentaria

AUSTRALIAN
OPERATING MINES

Eastern Creek Cbl

Newlands Cbl

of

Sonoma Cbl

Auruk un Bx

Cape Flattery
Sisd

d Fe
Cockatoo Islan

Southern Coalfield
Berrima Cbl

Appin Cbl

West Cliff Cbl

Metropolitan Cbl
NRE No1 Cbl
Dendrobium Cbl
NRE Wongawilli Cbl

156

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