List of mines in Australia
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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 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[]
Prominent Hill Mine, 2008
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Mount Morgan Mine, 1903
- 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
- Wheal Watkins
Slate[]
- Mintaro Slate Quarries Pty Ltd
Talc[]
Tin[]
Tungsten[]
Uranium[]
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Ranger Uranium Mine, 2009
- 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
- George Fisher mine
- Golden Grove Mine
- Hilton Mine
- McArthur River zinc mine
- Mount Isa Mines
- Cannington Mine
Alumina/ Bauxite[]
- Alcoa Australia
- Rio Tinto Alcan
- Worsley Alumina
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.
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