North Kimberly

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Aluminum
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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022515
MRDS ID DE03100
Record type Site
Current site name North Kimberly
Alternate or previous names Mitchell Plateau, Kimberly Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 122.17743, -25.46243 (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
Aluminum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 122.17743, -25.46243

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Kimberly

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amax, Inc.

Comments on development

  • 1965 DISC; 1967 DEV.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12' THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.