Peak Hill

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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183086
MAS/MILS ID 6020550179
Record type Site
Current site name Peak Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: 118.49931, -26.41299 (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

Pit (1) 118.49931, -26.41299

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Grants Patch Mining Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Australia
    Year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner North Broken Hill Peko Gold Ltd.
    Interest 50
    Home office Australia
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Measured 316453mt ore
    Demonstrated 316453mt ore
    Total resources 316453mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.25 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Measured 93600mt ore
    Demonstrated 93600mt ore
    Total resources 93600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.6 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STARTED PRODUCTION IN 1988. 1989 PROD.OF 50,877 OZ AU FROM 602,000 MT ORE. WILL NOT BE ANALYZED FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY - RESERVE TOO SMALL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1992/93, P. 91.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PEAK HILL OPERATION CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING WORKINGS: MAIN PIT (EXHAUSTED AUG. 1991) FIVEWAYS JUBILEE THE MAIN PIT IS NOW USED FOR WASTE DISPOSAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1992 Slater, Linda C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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