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State register · QLD

Queensland

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

168
sites in the register
104
operating
30
care & maintenance
34
in development

The districts

Bowen Basin

The world-scale coking-coal basin of central Queensland.

North West Minerals Province

The Mount Isa belt — one of the world’s richest base-metal provinces.

North Queensland

Gold, tin and tungsten fields inland from the tropical coast.

Galilee Basin

A vast thermal-coal basin west of the Bowen.

Surat Basin

Coal and energy country in southern Queensland.

Central Queensland gemfields

Sapphire digs around Emerald and Rubyvale.

Most-recorded commodities

Coal · 85Copper · 40Gold · 37Silver · 29Zinc · 15Lead · 14Cobalt · 12Nickel · 11Bauxite & alumina · 9Molybdenum · 6Magnesite · 5Vanadium · 5

Operating · 104

Agate Creek Gold Operating Amrun Bauxite & alumina Operating Anthill Copper, Magnesite Operating Baralaba Coal Operating Bauxite Hills Bauxite & alumina, Silica sand Operating Blackwater Coal Operating Blair Athol Coal Operating Bluff Coal Operating Boundary Hill Coal Operating Broadlea Coal Operating Broadmeadow Coal Operating Broadmeadow Coal Operating Broadmeadow East Coal Operating Burton Coal Operating Byerwen Coal Operating Callide Coal Operating Cameby Downs Coal Operating Capcoal Complex Coal Operating Capcoal open-cut Coal Operating Capcoal underground Coal Operating Cape Flattery Silica sand Operating Carborough Downs Coal Operating Carborough Downs (GA Estimates) Coal Operating Carmichael Coal Operating Caval Ridge Coal Operating Century Zinc, Silver, Lead Operating Clermont Coal Operating Collinsville Coal Operating Commodore Coal Operating Cook and Cook North Coal Operating Coppabella Coal Operating Cracow Gold, Copper, Silver Operating Curragh Coal Operating Curragh North Coal Operating Daunia Coal Operating Dawson Coal Operating Dawson South Coal Operating Dawson West Coal Operating Drake Coal Operating Duchess Phosphate Operating Dugald River Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold Operating Eastern Creek Coal Operating Ely Bauxite & alumina Operating Ensham Coal Operating Ernest Henry Copper, Gold, Iron ore Operating Foxleigh Coal Operating George Fisher Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper Operating German Creek East Coal Operating Goonyella Riverside Coal Operating Gregory Coal Operating Grosvenor Coal Operating Hail Creek Coal Operating Hey Point Bauxite & alumina Operating Ironbark No.1 Coal Operating Isaac Plains Complex Coal Operating Jax Coal Operating Jellinbah East Coal Operating Kestrel Coal Operating Kogan Creek Coal Operating Kunwarara Magnesite Operating Lady Annie Copper Operating Lady Annie Project Copper, Gold, Magnesite Operating Lake Lindsay Coal Operating Lake Vermont Coal Operating Mammoth Copper Operating Meandu Coal Operating Middlemount Coal Operating Millennium Coal Operating Moorvale Coal Operating Moranbah North Coal Operating Mount Carbine Tungsten, Tin Operating Mount Cuthbert Copper, Silver, Gold Operating Mount Isa (Pb-Zn-Ag orebodies) Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper Operating Mount Kelly Copper, Gold Operating Mount Moss Iron ore Operating Mount Rawdon Gold, Silver Operating Mount Wright Gold Operating New Oakleigh Coal Operating Newlands, Suttor, Eastern (RCM), Newlands OC Coal Operating Nolans Gold Operating Norton Gold Operating Oaky Creek Coal Operating Olive Downs Coking Coal Complex Coal Operating Orion Downs Coal Operating Pajingo Gold, Silver Operating Peak Downs Coal Operating Phantom Hills Phosphate Operating Poitrel Coal Operating Ravenswood Gold, Silver Operating Ravenswood Project Gold, Silver Operating Rolleston Coal Operating Saraji Coal Operating Saraji South Coal Operating Sarsfield Gold Operating Skardon River Kaolin & clay Operating Sonoma Coal Operating South Walker Creek Coal Operating Starra Copper, Gold Operating Suttor Creek Coal Operating Vulcan Coal Operating Weipa Bauxite & alumina, Silica sand Operating Wilkie Creek Coal Operating Wollombi Coal Operating Yarrabee Coal Operating

Care & maintenance · 30

Ardmore Phosphate Care & maintenance Baal Gammon Copper, Tin, Silver Care & maintenance Balcooma Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold Care & maintenance Barbara Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Black Rock Cave Copper Care & maintenance Capcoal - Aquila Coal Care & maintenance Capricorn Copper Copper, Silver, Cobalt Care & maintenance Charters Towers Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Crinum Coal Care & maintenance Dry River South Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold Care & maintenance King Vol Zinc, Copper, Silver, Lead, Iron ore Care & maintenance Lady Loretta Zinc, Lead, Silver Care & maintenance Lorena Gold, Copper Care & maintenance Monakoff Copper, Gold, Uranium, Cobalt, Silver Care & maintenance Mount Carlton Gold, Silver, Copper Care & maintenance Mount Colin Copper, Gold Care & maintenance Mount Garnet Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper Care & maintenance Mount Margaret-E1 (Glencore) Copper, Gold, Uranium Care & maintenance Mount Watson Copper, Gold Care & maintenance Mungana Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Antimony Care & maintenance New Acland Coal Care & maintenance Norton (Mantle) Gold, Silver Care & maintenance Open Pit (Mount Isa) Copper Care & maintenance Osborne Copper, Gold Care & maintenance Rocklands Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Iron ore Care & maintenance Tartana Copper Care & maintenance Texas Silver, Gold Care & maintenance Thalanga Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Antimony Care & maintenance Urquhart Mineral sands Care & maintenance Wolfram Camp Molybdenum, Tungsten, Bismuth Care & maintenance

In development · 34

Bell Creek Nickel, Cobalt In development Binjour Bauxite & alumina In development Centurion Coal In development Cloncurry Copper In development Cloncurry Copper Project Copper, Gold, Cobalt In development Colton Coal In development Dysart East Coal In development Eagle Downs Coal In development Esmeralda Graphite Project Graphite In development Eva Copper Project Copper, Gold, Silver In development Fairhill Coal In development Greenvale Nickel Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium In development Hillalong (MDL 324) Coal In development Julia Creek Vanadium-Oil Shale (QEM) Molybdenum, Nickel, Zinc, Copper, Vanadium, Bauxite & alumina In development Kokomo Nickel, Cobalt, Platinum group metals, Magnesite In development Lenton Coal In development Lilyvale Vanadium, Molybdenum, Nickel In development Little Eva Copper, Gold In development Lucknow Nickel, Cobalt In development Manfred Vanadium, Molybdenum, Nickel In development Minnamoolka Nickel, Cobalt In development Minyango Coal In development Mount Chalmers Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead In development Red Rock Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold In development Richmond Vanadium Project Vanadium, Molybdenum, Nickel In development Saint Elmo Molybdenum, Vanadium, Bauxite & alumina In development SCONI Project Nickel, Cobalt, Platinum group metals, Magnesite, Chromium In development South Johnstone Bauxite & alumina In development Springsure Creek Coal In development Walford Creek Cobalt, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Nickel In development Washpool Coal In development Watershed Tungsten In development White Mountain (Clyde Park) Coal In development Wilton Coal In development

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