State register · NT

Northern Territory

Manganese, bauxite, gold and zinc across some of Australia’s most remote country.

43
sites in the register
17
operating
8
care & maintenance
18
in development

The districts

Top End

Gove bauxite, historic Ranger uranium and Groote Eylandt manganese.

Tanami

A desert gold province straddling the WA border.

Barkly

The McArthur Basin’s world-class zinc–lead systems.

Central Australia

Gold and emerging rare-earth country around Alice Springs.

Most-recorded commodities

Gold · 22Silver · 9Copper · 9Iron ore · 8Bismuth · 5Phosphate · 4Zinc · 3Lead · 3Cobalt · 3Bauxite & alumina · 2Manganese · 2Mineral sands · 2

Operating · 17

Care & maintenance · 8

In development · 18

Going deeper? The NT Geological Survey publishes the primary geological data for Northern Territory.

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