What this report is for

Coking coal in the Bowen Basin, base metals in the North West Minerals Province, and bauxite at Weipa. 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 3 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.

Silica sand record 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.

Silica sand sites in Queensland: the register report3 plotted records
Bauxite HillsCape FlatteryWeipa
Orientation only. Points are source coordinates for published records; they are not tenure, access or regional boundaries.

Working list

3 records
Bauxite HillsMine · QLD · OperatingBauxite & alumina, Silica sandCape FlatteryMine · QLD · OperatingSilica sandWeipaMine · QLD · OperatingBauxite & alumina, Silica sand

Sources and continuation points

  1. Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS)CC BY 3.0 AU · retrieved 2026-08-24

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