Bottle Creek

Past 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280324
MAS/MILS ID 6020550184
Record type Site
Current site name Bottle Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: 120.44924, -29.16287 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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) 120.44924, -29.16287

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner North Broken Hill Peko Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS AT BOTTLE CREEK WERE DISCONTINUED OCTOBER 1989.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Measured 143000mt ore
    Demonstrated 143000mt ore
    Total resources 143000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STARTED PRODUCTION IN 1987. 1989 PROD.= 38,886 OZ AU FROM TREATING 483,000 MT ORE. WILL NOT BE ANALYZED FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY (RESERVES TOO SMALL).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1992/93, P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JAN-1995 Slater, Linda C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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