List of mines in Australia by status

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This list of mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organized 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

Prominent Hill Mine, 2008
Mount Morgan Mine, 1903

Diamond

Gold

Iron

Lead

Nickel

Silver

Talc

Tin

Tungsten

Uranium

Mary Kathleen, Queensland, 2011
Ranger Uranium Mine, 2009

Zinc

Aluminium

See also

Mining in Australia by State /Territory

Western Australia

References

  1. ^ "Operating Mines dataset". Australian Atlas of mineral resources, mines & processing centres. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2013.