Bamboo Creek 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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085165
MRDS ID W700714
Record type Site
Current site name Bamboo Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 120.22401, -20.9233 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 KM NORTHEAST OF MARBLE BAR.

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) 120.22401, -20.9233

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 20 g/mt Gold Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES ARE PROVEN PLUS POSSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 150,000 AND 300,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1983, NOVEMBER, P. 111-112.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EMJ, 1983.

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 Western Australia Geological Survey
Updater 08-JAN-95 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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