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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

NORTHERNTERRITORY

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND

NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

TASMANIA

TASMANSEA

INDIANOCEAN

TIMOR SEA

CORAL SEA

BASS STRAIT

Gulfof

Carpentaria

Great Australian Bight

Great Barrier Reef

BRISBANE

PAPUA NEW GUINEAINDONESIA

200 m

2000 m

200 m

2000 m

200 m

2000 m

Que River

RoseberyRenison Bell

Mindarie

Honeymoon

Prominent HillGolf Bore

East Wintinna

Peko

Plutonic

CentipedeWiluna

Mt CuthbertErnest Henry

Lady AnnieLady Loretta

George FisherMt Isa

Phosphate Hill

Dry River SouthBalcooma

New Oakleigh

New OccidentalPerseverence

SYDNEYInset 3

Inset 4

Inset 1

North Stradbroke

Edna May-Westonia

Marvel Loch

KoolyanobbingMt JacksonWindarling

Spotted QuollFlying FoxLounge Lizard

Tropicana

Mulga Rock

Moolart WellThatcher Soak

Yeelirrie Cliffs

Lord NelsonPerseveranceCosmos

Agnew LawlersJaguarMurrin Murrin

Gwalia

GoongarriePorphyry Enterprise

BrightstarMt Weld

Sunrise Dam

Whirling Dervish

Yilgarn

CraicTransvaal

4000 m

6000 m

4000 m

Sonoma

4000 m

Princess LouiseHowley

Wallaby

The Pinnacles

Kangaroo FlatMaxwells

Ballarat Morning Star

Kimbolton

Groote Eylandt

Four Mile

Mt Cattlin

Eneabba

HuntlyWillowdale

Doral

Broken Hill

Mt Garnet

Mt Bischoff

Andamooka

TIMOR-LESTE

Inset 2PERTH

DARWIN

HOBART

ADELAIDE

CANBERRA

MELBOURNE

Rasp

Karara

Cannington

DeGrussa

Kanmantoo

Cosmo Deeps

Dargues Reef

Lady Jane

Extension Hill

Abra

Lock

Skal

Hera

Mount Elliot

D-Tree

Starra

Merlin

Angela

Myrtle

Yiddah

Speewah

Bindoon

Cyclone

Kintyre

Weedina

Aurukun

Bigrlyi

Marsden

Lake Way

Gum Flat

Wilgerup

Eneabba

Wintinna

Hillside

Red Tree

Valhalla

Blackall

Monakoff

Syerston

Thuddungra

Yangibana

Magellan

Phillipson

Southdown

Tripitaka

Mount Wright

Mt Gordon

Watershed

Rocklands

Roper Bar

WingellinaNebo Babel

WitchelinaBlue Hills Hawks Nest

Goulds Dam

Junnagunna

Merlin

Admiral Bay

Wiluna West

Minnamoolka

Lucky Break

Silver Hill

Agate Creek

Dugald River

Baal Gammon

Nolans Bore

North Parkes

Maroochydore

Kulwin North

Wilgena Hill

Crocker Well

Murloocoppie

Explorer 108

Young Nickel

Cummins Range

Hellyer

Peculiar Knob

Lake Maitland

Menninnie Dam

Sherrin Creek

Chloe-Jackson

Wilcherry Hill

Paradise South

Andersons Lode

Constance Range

Thursdays Gossan

Duchess-ParadiseBabbling Brooke Hill

CSA

Kara

Gove

Tiwi

Nifty

Henty

Angas

Weipa

Cowal

Argyle

Telfer

Coyote

Panton

Kulwin

Scotia

Cracow

Merriland

Meandu

Ranger

Ginkgo

Premier

Stawell AugustaDouglas

Callide

Mungana

Century

Tartana

Osborne

Redbank

Snapper

Rocglen

Narrabri

TrittonChesney

Savannah

Mt Keith

Ewington

Yallourn Loy YangAnglesea

Tasmania

Mintabie

Beverley

Baralaba

The Peak

BoggabriEndeavor

Ellendale

Sandpiper

White Dam

Sarsfield

Commodore

New CobarHillgroveSunnyside

Moolarben

Boddington

Koolanooka

Jack Hills

Cooljarloo

Maddingley

Challenger

Cairn Hill

Vera-Nancy

Twin Hills

New Acland

Tarrawonga

Greenbushes

Fosterville

Mount Lyell

Coober Pedy

Jacinth-AmbrosiaLeigh CreekOlympic Dam

Kogan Creek

Jeebropilly

Bootu Creek

Port Gregory Golden Grove

Savage River

Mount Rawdon

Wilkie Creek

Collinsville

Cameby Downs

White Cliffs

Werris Creek

Koolan Island

Frances Creek

Tallering Peak

McArthur River

Kangiara

Cockatoo Island

Gwindinup North

Charters Towers

Lightning Ridge

Middleback Range

Callie

Mountain of Light

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AUSTRALIANOPERATING MINES

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Western Turner Syncline

Paulsens

Inset 1

Eastern Range

Mining Area C

BHPYandi

Sino

Jimblebar

Solomon Hub

Abydos

Railway

Yalleen

Wonmunna

Balla Balla

Munni Munni

Iron Valley

Davidson Creek

Boolgeeda Creek

YarriePardoo

Whundo Wodgina

HIYandi

Channar

Nammuldi

Marandoo

NullagineNullagine

Mt Newman

Robe River

Paraburdoo

Hope Downs

Cloudbreak

Whim Creek

Mt Tom Price

Woodie Woodie

Brockman No 4Brockman No 2 Nicholas Downs

Spinifex Ridge

Christmas Creek

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Super Pit

Mcleay

PerseveranceCountess-Coolgardie

Empress/Alicia

Burbanks

Inset 2

Homestead

HBJ

Paddington Carosue Dam

Mt MarionLongOtter

MoranVictor

Miitel

Navajo

Trident

Tindals

Raleigh

Mariners

Norseman

Fairplay

Big Blow-Coolgardie

The Mount

Janet Ivy

LanfranchiWattle Dam

Wallbrook

Frog's Leg

DreadnoughtDaisy Milano

Carnilya Hill

Kanowna Belle

St Ives Project

Ballarat-Last Chance122°121°

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32°

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Metropolitan

BloomfieldAustar

Muswelllbrook No 2DraytonLiddellRavensworth East

Ravensworth

Camberwell

Mount Arthur

Ravensworth Narama

AstonWarkworthMt Thorley

Bulga

Glendell

Inset 3

1000 m

2000 m

4000 m

SYDNEY

MangoolaBengalla

Bowdens

McPhillamys

Lewis PondsCopper Hill

Ulan

AbelDonaldson

Cadia

Glennies Creek

Cumnock

Myuna

Ravensworth West

Awaba

Appin

Airly WestsideTasman

Mt Owen

TahmoorNRE No1

Mt Owen Duralie

Charbon

Ridgeway

Hill End

Clarence

Hunter Valley Complex

StratfordMoolarben

ManneringMandalongBaal Bone

Wongawilli

Wilpinjong

West Cliff

Springvale

Rixs CreekWambo

Dendrobium

Angus Place Chain ValleyCullen Valley

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South Walker Creek

Kunwarara

Carborough Downs

Daunia

Inset 4

Moorvale

Middlemount

Caval Ridge

BrolgaMarlborough

Coorumburra

Cook

Poitrel

Minerva

Kestrel

CurraghYarrabee

Newlands

Foxleigh

Clermont

Millennium

Oaky Creek

Hail Creek

Coppabella

Blair Athol

Isaac Plains

German Creek

Moranbah North

Jellinbah East

North Goonyella

150°148°

22°

24°

This map shows operating mines, developing mines and selected mineral deposits in Australia.Operating mines are mines that were operating at the end of 2011. Developing mines are deposits with aproven minable resource and where mine site development has commenced or where a decision to minehas been announced. Mineral deposits highlight selected areas of known mineralisation of interest thatmay have a known resource or has previously been mined. The map illustrates broadly the geographicdistribution of the mines and deposits, and the range of selected broadly grouped commodities. Thisinformation is superimposed on a generalised (colour) surface geology map of Australia andaeromagnetics (greyscale, 0.5 vertical derivative). Closed mines or mines not currently operating are notshown.

Copies of this map may be downloaded from the Geoscience Australia internet site at:or by contacting:Sales Centre, Geoscience AustraliaCnr Hindmarsh Dr and Jerrabomberra Ave, Symonston, ACT 2609GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601Phone: (02) 6249 9966 Facsimile: (02) 6249 9960

Compiled by Anthony Senior and Roger Skirrow.Cartography by Chris Evenden.It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Senior, A., and Skirrow, R. G., 2012. Australian Operating Mines Map (12th Edition), Scale 1:10 000 000,Geoscience Australia, Canberra.Further information can also be found on the Internet at: http://www.ga.gov.auPublished by Geoscience Australia, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Canberra, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Federal Minister forResources, Energy and Tourism. Geoscience Australia acknowledges the assistance provided by State and Northern Territory geoscience agencies in thepreparation of this map.

With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms and where otherwise noted, all material on this publication is provided under a Creative CommonsAttribution 3.0 Australia Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/

© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2012.

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Mine status

OpalOther metals - Sn, As, Sb, Sc, W, TaPhosphate Platinum–group elements - Pt, Pd, Rh other PGEPrecious metals - Au, AgRare earth elements - La, Ce, other REESteel making metals - Ni, Cr, V, Co, Mo, Mn

Commodity typeBase metals - Cu (Zn, Pb, Ag, Au)Base metals - Zn, Pb (Cu, Ag)CoalDiamondUraniumHeavy mineral sandsIron oreLight metals - Al, Li, Ti, Mg, Zr

Operating mine* Developing mine

Mineral deposit

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