Goonumbla Northparkes

Plant in New South Wales, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133970
MAS/MILS ID 6020150017
Record type Site
Current site name Goonumbla Northparkes
Alternate or previous names Goonumbla, Parkes, Endeavour 22, Endeavour 27, Endeavour 42, Endeavour 44, Lake Cowal, North Parkes, Endeavour 26n

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 148.09859, -32.94626 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 148.09859, -32.94626

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1976
Mining method Caving Methods - Block Caving
Year of first production 1995
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner North Broken Hill Peko Ltd.
    Interest 80
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sumitomo Corp.
    Interest 20
    Home office Japan
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 1689000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1689000mt ore
    Total resources 1689000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.7 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 1689000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1689000mt ore
    Total resources 1689000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Gold Au 1.3 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 21808000mt ore
    Total resources 21808000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Gold Au 0.7 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 42350000mt ore
    Total resources 42350000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Gold Au 0.6 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 67536000mt ore
    Total resources 67536000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Gold Au 0.7 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 82368000mt ore
    Total resources 82368000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Gold Au 0.7 g/mt Gold Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 149904000mt ore
    Total resources 149904000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Gold Au 0.7 g/mt Gold Major 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAXEY, ANDREA, AGGRESSIVE SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL OPEN CUT

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORE, GOLD GAZETTE, 6/27/94, P.23.

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1994/95, P.217.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTH BROKEN HILL PEKO LTD., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.22,23.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1/82, P.31,146.

  • Deposit

    MINER NEWSPAPER, OCT. 26-NOV. 8, 1981, P.5.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, 2/83, P.69.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, 12/82, P.80.

  • Deposit

    MINER NEWSPAPER, FEB. 27-MAR.11, 1984, P.8.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 12/81, P.455.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 12/3/92, P.7,10.

  • Deposit

    AME MINING WEEKLY, 12/4/92, P.1.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 12/18-25/92, 1992, P.434.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN MOUNTHLY, 5/93, P.101.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 8/13/93, P.105.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 10/93, P.223.

  • Deposit

    GOLD GAZETTE, 7/12/93, P.12.

  • Deposit

    LOUTHEAN, ROSS, DISCOVERY OF NEW OREBODY LIKELY TO EXTEND

  • Deposit

    MINE LIFE, NBHP FEATURE, 9/93, P26,28.

  • Deposit

    LOUTHEAN, ROSS, ANCIENT LAKE MORE VALUABLE THAN ITS MODERN

  • Deposit

    COUNTERPART, NBHP FEATURE, 9/93, P.27.

  • Deposit

    FURUKAWA, TSUKASA, NORTHPARKES COPPER CONFIRMED, AMERICAN

  • Deposit

    METAL MARKET, 11/10/93, P.5.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/18/94, P.118.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 2/21/94, P.4.

  • Deposit

    MAXEY, ANDREA, SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO PRODUCTION AT NORTH-

  • Deposit

    PARKES, GOLD GAZETTE, 5/2/94, P.1.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIA'S MINING MONTHLY, 6/94, P.7.

  • Deposit

    GOLD GAZETTE, 6/27/94, P.16,23.

  • Deposit

    MAXEY, ANDREA, PERSISTENCE OVER LONG LEAD PERIOD PAYS OFF,

  • Deposit

    GOLD GAZETTE, 6/27/94, P.19,22.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 8/19/94, P.129,131.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIA'S MINING MONTHLY, 9/94, P.28-33.

  • Deposit

    BALL, YVONNE, BIG MINE FORMALLY OPENED AFTER LONG GESTATION,

  • Deposit

    GOLD GAZETTE, 9/5/94, P.20-22.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIA'S MINING MONTHLY, 11/94, P.25,26,29.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINERALS, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, BMR DATAFILE

  • Deposit

    (MINDEP) GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1989, P.9.1-9.8

  • Deposit

    RESERVE LEAP SHOWS POTENTIAL OF NORTHPARKES, GOLD GAZETTE,

  • Deposit

    Z 07/31/95, PAGE 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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