What this report is for

Broken Hill — the ore body that founded an industry. This page begins with what is actually present in the published register, then points back to the authorities behind those records.

At review date the group comprises 2 operating. A status is the latest value ingested from the cited release; it should be rechecked with the issuer before operational, commercial or travel decisions.

The most frequently recorded commodities in this reading set are Zinc (2), Lead (2), Silver (2), Copper (2), Gold (1). A count is a count of records, not tonnes, output or economic importance.

Boundary note: The map uses a deliberately conservative internal orientation box, not a statutory regional boundary.

How to continue the district search

Far west NSW is associated in this editorial taxonomy with Silver, Lead, Zinc, Mineral sands. Treat that list as a subject guide, not a resource estimate or site assignment.

Open the Geological Survey of New South Wales, search the district name and then switch on the current mines, deposits, geology and open-file report layers relevant to the question. Record the dataset title and retrieval date before citing a result.

Register map

The map makes distribution legible without implying a tenure boundary. Hover a point to identify the record; use the working list for the full source page.

Far west NSW: mining and quarrying field guide2 plotted records
Broken HillBroken Hill - Rasp Mine
Orientation only. Points are source coordinates for published records; they are not tenure, access or regional boundaries.

Working list

2 records
Broken HillMine · NSW · OperatingZinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, GoldBroken Hill - Rasp MineMine · NSW · OperatingZinc, Lead, Silver, Copper

Sources and continuation points

  1. Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS)CC BY 3.0 AU · retrieved 2026-08-24
  2. Geological Survey of New South WalesLinked authority reference; no additional data ingested · retrieved 2026-08-24

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