Commodity
Silica sand
High-purity sand for glassmaking and, increasingly, solar-panel manufacture.
7
sites in the register
7
operating
Silica sand sites
Bauxite Hills
Mine · QLD
Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand
Cape Flattery
Mine · QLD
Silica sand
Glenshera Sand Mine
Quarry · SA · Lanacoona Road, Mount Compass
Silica sand
Gove
Mine · NT
Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand
Huntly
Mine · WA
Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand
Weipa
Mine · QLD
Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand
Worsley
Mine · WA
Bauxite & aluminaSilica sand
Sources for this page
- Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS) — licensed CC BY 3.0 AU , retrieved 2026-08-24
- Government of South Australia — SARIG major mines & quarries — licensed CC BY , retrieved 2026-08-24
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