List of mines in Australia by status
Appearance
This list of mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organised by primary mineral output. For practical purposes, this list also contains stone, marble and other quarries.
As of October 2012, there were 405 operating mines in Australia.[1]
Coal
Cobalt
Copper
- Browns polymetallic ore deposit
- Cadia-Ridgeway Mine
- Carrapateena mine
- Copper Mines of Tasmania
- Ernest Henry mine
- Golden Grove Mine
- Hillside mine (proposed)
- Kanmantoo mine
- Mount Dundas (Tasmania)
- Mount Elliott mine
- Mount Isa Mines
- Mount Jukes Mine sites
- Mount Morgan Mine
- Mount Read (Tasmania)
- Olympic Dam mine
- Prominent Hill Mine
- Telfer Mine
- Wheal Hughes
Diamond
Gold
Iron
Lead
- Broken Hill mine
- Browns polymetallic ore deposit
- Cannington Mine
- Emily Ann and Maggie Hays nickel mines
- Golden Grove Mine
- Hilton Mine
- McArthur River zinc mine
- Mount Isa Mines
- Wheal Watkins
Nickel
- Beta Hunt Mine
- Browns polymetallic ore deposit
- Emily Ann and Maggie Hays nickel mines
- Honeymoon Well mine
- Mount Keith Mine
- Murrin Murrin Joint Venture
- Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine
Silver
- Broken Hill ore deposit
- Cannington Mine
- Golden Grove Mine
- Hilton Mine
- McArthur River zinc mine
- Mount Isa Mines
- Mount Morgan Mine
- Olympic Dam, South Australia
- Prominent Hill Mine
- Sunny Corner, New South dales
- Wheal Watkins
Slate
Talc
Tin
Tungsten
Uranium
- Beverley Uranium Mine
- Browns polymetallic ore deposit
- El Sherana
- Four Mile uranium mine
- Honeymoon Uranium Mine
- Jabiluka
- Mary Kathleen, Queensland
- Mount Fitch (Northern Territory)
- Nabarlek Uranium Mine
- Olympic Dam, South Australia
- Radium Hill
- Ranger Uranium Mine
- Rum Jungle, Northern Territory
Zinc
- Broken Hill ore deposit
- Century Mine
- Golden Grove Mine
- Hilton Mine
- McArthur River zinc mine
- Mount Isa Mines
- Cannington Mine
- Dugald River Mine
Alumina/ Bauxite
See also
Mining in Australia by State /Territory
Victoria
Western Australia
- Mining in Western Australia
- Gold mining in Western Australia
- Western Australian gold rush
- List of active gold mines in Western Australia
See also
References
- ^ "Operating Mines dataset". Australian Atlas of mineral resources, mines & processing centres. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2013.