List of gold mines in Australia
Appearance
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This list of gold mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organised by state.
New South Wales
[edit]- Cadia-Ridgeway Mine
- Mount Boppy Gold Mine
- Mount Drysdale Mine
- Northparkes
- Occidental Mine / New Occidental Mine
- Peak Mines
- Tomingley
- Cowal
- Hera
Queensland
[edit]- Cracow
- Ernest Henry mine
- Kidston Gold Mine
- Mount Morgan Mine
- Pajingo
- Mt Carlton
- Ravenswood Gold
South Australia
[edit]Mine | Owner | Location | Region | Production | Years active | notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barossa Goldfields | N/A | Near Williamstown | Adelaide Hills | 778kg | 1868–1930s | |
Carrapateena | BHP | West of Lake Torrens | Far North | ~4.25Mtpa | 2019–present | [1] |
Challenger | Barton Gold | Northwest of Tarcoola | Far North | ~1.2Moz | 2001–2018 | Under care and maintenance[1] [2][3] |
Hillside | Rex Minerals | South of Ardrossan | Yorke Peninsula | 0 | Proposed | [4] |
Olympic Dam | BHP | North of Woomera | Far North | 1998–present | [5] | |
Perseverance | Barton Gold | Tarcoola | Far North | 2017-2018 | [6] | |
Prominent Hill | BHP | Far North | 2009–present | [7] | ||
Bird-in-Hand mine | Terramin Australia Ltd | Woodside | Adelaide Hills | 1880–1889 | Application to reopen mine in 2019[2] |
Tasmania
[edit]- Henty Gold Mine
- Mount Dundas (Tasmania)
- Mount Jukes Mine sites
- Mount Read (Tasmania)
- Beaconsfield Gold Mine
Victoria
[edit]- A1 gold mine
- Ballarat gold mine
- Central Deborah gold mine
- Costerfield Gold Mine
- Fosterville Gold Mine
- Stawell Gold Mine
Western Australia
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Challenger – Barton Gold Holdings Limited". Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Changarathil, Valerina (27 June 2019). "Terramin submits mining application for Adelaide Hills Bird in Hand gold mine; plan up for public scrutiny". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Focused on Value Creation" (PDF). RNC Minerals. 4 September 2018. p. 34. Retrieved 11 September 2018.