Mt. Gibson Mine

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107456
MRDS ID W700757
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Gibson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.05658, -23.77171 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.05658, -23.77171

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1986

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 TONNES/YEAR. ; ECON.COM: IN 1989, THE MINE'S ORE PROCESSING CAPACITY DOUBLED TO 1.1 MT/YR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P.47.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, JULY, 1990, P. 659.

  • Production

    MINING ENGINEERING, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey }CORRECTED LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
Updater 01-MAY-94 Preston, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.