Queenslands mineral, coal and petroleum

operations and resources

Horn Island Gold

Major mining operations and mineral resources

Metals MINE Ceased production/ Resource
(including under construction) care and maintenance

Bauxite Cobalt Copper Gold Indium Iron Lead Molybdenum

Skardon River Kaolin Nickel Scandium Silver Tin Tungsten Uranium Vanadium Zinc

Bauxite SKARDON RIVER Industrial MINE Ceased production/ Ressour

Re urcce
minerals (including under construction) care and maintenance

and rocks

Pisolite Hills Bauxite Apatite Bentonite Brick clay Diatomite Dolomite Fluorite Feldspar Gallium
Granite Gypsum Ilmenite Kaolin Limestone Magnesite Magnetite Marble
Potash Perlite Porphyry stone Phosphate Rare earths Rhenium Salt
WEIPA Bauxite
Sandstone Silica Silica sand Siltstone Slate Sodium bicarbonate Zeolite
Urqu
Urquh
har
artt Point Miner
inera
al sand
sands,
s, Bauxite
Gemstones MINE Ceased production/
Amrun Bauxite
care and maintenance
Aurukun Bauxite
Chrysoprase Opal Sapphire

Mineral MINE Ressour

Re urcce
sands
Mineral sands
Kendall River Kaolin

Major coal and petroleum operations and resources

CAPE FLATTERY Silica sand

Coal MINE Ceased production/ Ressour
Re urcce
(including under construction) care and maintenance

Coal-bearing region

Tin Collingwood
Conventional
petroleum Oil fields Gas fields Oil and Gas fields
Gold PALMER RIVER

Tungsten Watershed
GOLD Slate
RIVER OF G Coal seam gas Bowen Basin fields Surat Basin fields
Silica MOUNT CARBINE MOUNT CARBINE Tungsten
Gold
Go ld Tregoor
egoora
a
MOUNTT MOLLOY Limestone
Perlite NY
NYCHUM
CHUM Oil shale Resource
Copper TAR
ARTTANA
Cairns
Gold Northc
Northcot
ote
e
Zinc King Vo
Vol
Copper Lead Zinc MUNGANA WOLFRAM CAMP Tungsten Molybdenum Pipeline Oil Oil non-operational Gas Gas proposed
Copper Go ld Mung
Gold ngan
ana/R
a/Red
ed Dome PHO
PHOENIX LIME Limestone
Marble Limestone CHILLAGOE
CHILLAGOE Porrphyry
Po yry Porphyr
Porphyry stone
Tin Kar
arttoum
oum LNG Export Facility
Karumba Tin MOUNT VETERAN
TE
GAMMON Copper Tin Silver Indium
BAAL GAMMON
Zinc Copper Silver MOUNT GARNET Mouri
Mou rily
lyan
an Silica sand
Tin Mount
Mount Garnet CORALIME Limestone
Export Port Mineral Coal LNG
Westmorel
moreland
and Uranium
anium
ne Limestone BUCKLAND Belll Creek Nickel Cobalt
Bel
l i
pe
Walfor
alford
d Creek Copper Lead Zinc
Zinc Sil
ilver
ver
Pi Gold Geor
Georget
geto
own Lighthou
Lighthouse
se Silica
Gold Silver Zinc Lead Cr
Cro
oyd
ydo
on Einasleigh/K
leigh/Kai
aiser
ser Bil
Bill Cairns Population centre Mesozoic and Cenozoic basins
rry Copper Gold Silver
Slu Zinc Lead Silver Chloe/Jac
loe/Jack
kson
LAV
LAVA PLAINS Sapphire
Gold ROPEW
ROPEWALKALK
Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic basins
Koko
Ko kommo Nickel Cobalt Scandium Railway
Cons
onsttanc
ance
e Range
Range Ir
Iron
on
Copper Gold BAL ALC
COO
OOMA
MA Conju
onjuboboyy Diatomite
CENTURY Zinc Lead Sil
Silver
ver Zinc Lead Silver Dr
Dryy Ri
Rivver South Gr
Green
eenvvale Nickel Cobalt Scandium Mid Paleozoic Drummond Basin

CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS CREEK Limestone
Gold Ag
Agat
ateeCCrreek
Copper Maitl aitland
and
Magnetite MOUNT MO MOSS Townsville Proposed railway Paleozoic fold belt

Paradi
aradise
se North Nickel Cobalt Lucky Br
Break
eak Early Paleozoic Georgina Basin
Mount Oxide Copper Ben Lomond
Lomond
Phosphate Dolomite PAULEESON
ULEESON Uranium Molybdenum
um
D-TTree
D- Par
aradi
adise
se South Pho
hossphate Dolomite HILL
HILLGRO
GROVE
VE
Neoproterozoic fold belt (Anakie Inlier)
Phosphate
Woolg
oolgar
ar Gold
CAPRICORN Copper
CAPRICORN Gold Bri
Brillli
liant
ant Lode Far Fanning
Fanning INKERMAN LIME Limestone
LADY LORETT
LADY ORETTA A Y ANNIE Copper
LADY
LAD
Gold Gr
Gre
eat Britain
Britain
Gold Bowen Middle Proterozoic fold belts
Lead Zinc Silver Leich
eichhar
ardt
dt Copper Gold Gr
Granit
anite
eCCa
astle RAVENS
RAVENSW
WOOD/MOUNT
OOD/MOUNT WRIGHT Gold
Rosseby Copper Gold
Ro Gold Silver WARRIOR Mount
Mount Carlt
arlton
on Gold Silver Copper
Lead Zinc Silver Dug
Dugald
ald Riv
River ERNES
ERNE ST HENRY Copper Gold Magnetite Zinc Lead Copper Gold Silver VOMA
MACKA
CKA
E1 Camp
Camp Copper Gold Magnetite Zinc Lead Copper Gold Silver Lionto
Liontown
Uranium Valha lhalla
lla Barb
arbar
araa Copper McFarl
McFarlane
ane Oil shale
Juli
Julia
a Cr
Creek Vanadium Oil shale Zinc Copper Lead Silver Gold Wat
aterloo
erloo PAJINGO Gold COLLINS
OLLINSVILLE
VILLE
Silica Spring Cr Creek M OUNT IS
ISA
A C opper Monak
Mon akoff Lilyv
lyvale
ale Vanadium Mo
Molybdenum
Copper Gold Magnetite SONOMA
SONO MA
Lead Silver GE
GEORGE
ORGE FISHER
FISHER Lead Z
Zinc
inc Silver
ilver Pentland (incorporat
orporate
es Drak
Drake
e & Jax)
Zinc Mount Isa Ga Galllium
Roc
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lan
Loren
d
orena
s
a Go
Gold
Copper
ld Gypsum HUGHENDEN

Rare
Rar
Rare
Rar
e earths
earths Mar
e earths
earths Copper Go
aryy Kath
ld El
Gold
athleen
Elaine
aine
leen GREAT AUSTTRALIA Copper
GREAT AUS Hughenden Byerrwen
Bye
ELOIS
ELOISEE Copper Chin
hina
a St
Stone
one Gold SELLHEIM NEWLANDS
NEWLANDS Mackay
Kalm
alman
an 200 kilometres
Copper Molybdenum Rhenium Gold Greenmount/Mou
Greenmou nt/Mount
nt McCabe
McCabe Copper Gold Wirr
irralie
alie WOLL
OLLO
OMBI/SUTTOR CREEK
CREEK
Gold Mou
Mount
nt Coo
oolon
lon HAIL CREEK
Rare
Rar earths Copper Milo
e earths Kurid
ridal
ala/Hampden
a/Hampden Copper Gold
NORTH
NOR TH GOONY
GOONYELLA/EAGLEFIELD
GOONYELLA/EAGLEFIELDFIE PART
ARTTRIDGE Limestone
PAR
Mount
Mou nt Dore
Dore Copper Carmic
armich
hael GOONYELLA RIVERS
RIVERSIDE
BURTTON
BUR
Copper Gold Mou
Mount
nt Elliott/Sw
Elliott/Swan
an E VER IDE
MERLIN Molybdenum Rhenium BROAD
BRO ADMEADO
OADM MEADOW W ISAA
ISAACC SOUTH WALKER
WALKER CREEK
Phosphate Ar
Ardmor
dmore e KYNUNA Opal MORANB
ORANBAH
Gold Twin Hil
Hills AAH NOR
NORTH
TH
RTH PLAINS OPPABE
COPPABELLA
Pegmont Lead Zinc GROS
GRO SVENOR CARBOROUGH DOWNS
DOWNSNS
Phosphate PHO
PHOSSPHA
PHATE
TE HILL
Phosphate Rare earths Korella
CANNINGTON Silver Lead Zinc
CANNINGT Moranbah M OORVALE
OORV ALE
DAUNIA MILLENNIUM
Starr
Starra
a Line Copper Gold Gold Belyando POIT
POITREL
REL
EAGLE
EA GLE DOWNS
DOOW
WNS
OSBORNE Copper Gold PEAK DOWNS
DOWNS CAV
CA VAL RIDGE
Winton Molybdenum Anthon
Anthonyy SARAJI LAKE VERMONT
VERMONT
Gold Mic
Micler
lere
e Dysart
Moorl
Moorland
andss Mount
Mount Mack
M ackenzie
enzie Go
Gold
ld
Kev
evins
ins Corner CLERMONT
CLERMONT NORWICH
N ORWICH PPARK
ARK GUMIGIL Chrysopr
hrysoprase
ase
Gypsum CORK BLAIR ATHOL
ATHOL
MIDDLEMOUNT
MIDDLEMOUNT KUNW
KUNWARARA
ARARA Magne
agnesite
site
Gypsum MAYNE
MAYNE RIVER Alph
Al pha GERMAN CREEK FOXLEIGH
FOXLEIGH BROLGA
BROL GA Nick
Nicke
el Co
Coba
balt
lt
Gypsum EDEN VALLEY
VALLEY OA
OAKY CREEK K LINDS
LAKE LINDSAY Yaam
aamb ba Magnesite Oil shale
CRINUM
GREGORY
GRE GORY
R Marl
arlbor
borough
ough TANB
ANBY Y 1 Silica sand
Mo

OPAL
OPALTTON Opal KE S T REL

REL
Washpoo
hpooll YARRABEE
RRAB
Gali
alilee
lee
JELLINBAH
JELLINB T Nickel Cobalt
AH EAST
EAS Rockhampton
unt

Sapp
apphir
hire
e RUB
RUBYV
YVALE
ALE
EAST
ENSHAM
ENS HHAM
Longreach Zeolite S
Sapp
apphir e WILL
hire WILLO
OWWSS
CURRA
URRAGHGH
Bluff
SCO
SC FOLLY Sandstone
OTSMANS FOLLY
PORTT ALMA Salt
Barcaldine
Emerald

Minyyango
Min ango
Go Gold
ld C
Copper Mou
Copper Mountnt Morg
Mor g an
POR
Rundl
Run dlee Oil shale
South Gali
Galilee
lee
COOK Magnetite Eulogie
Stuar
St uartt Oil shale
Isa

Mar
arb Limestone BAJOOL/ULAM
ble Limes
(Epsilon)
(Eps MINERVA

BLACKW
BLACKWA ATER Limesstone MARMOR
Lime MARMOR Gladstone

Limesstone EAST
Lime EAST END IVERAGH
IVERA GH Silic
ilica
a sand
sand

Springssure BARALAB
Spring ARALABAA RAGOOLA Lime
TARA
ARAGOOLA Limesstone
Blackall Creek
Ga

CALLIDE

CALLIDE
s

Ben
Bentonite
tonite MANTUAN
MANTUAN DO
DOWNS
WNS ROLLES
ROLLESTON Nor
Nort
orton Gold
Boree
Boree Salt Potash Meteor
Meteor Downs
Downs DAWSO
DAWS ON
South Mount
Mount Cannind
annindah
nnin ah Copper Gold
Pip

RIVERDANCE Opal
RIVERDANCE
Mont
Monto
o Bundaberg
eli

JUNDAH Opal
JUNDAH Denison GOONDICUM
GOONDICUM
ne

YARAKA Opal Gas Whitew

Molybdenum W ewas
Whitewa e Feldspar Apatite
ash Ilmenite SUNSTTATE SAND
SUNS ANDS
S Silic
ilica
a sand
sand
Field
Fieldss
ld CR
Gold
Go CRAC
ACOW
OW GGo
Gilmore
Gilmore N RAWDON
ld MOUNT
Gold RAWDON Col
olto
ton
n
Binjou
Binjourr Bauxite
Gas Field
Field Siltstone EI
EIDS
EIDSVOLD
Mar
arybor
yborough
ough Brick cla
clayy
Wat
Waater
erang
anga
a
Ilmenite Feldspar Apatite Maryborough
Injune Elimatt
Elimatta
a
Hawk
Hawkw
wood Magnetite
Sodium bicarbonate Warrini
arrinillla
16B/ MCP OR_ Ed17

Wando
andoan
an Wandoan Gympie
QUILPIE Opal
Sodium bicarbonate Gr
Graft
afton
on Range
Range The Range
Range
KY
KYABRA-ERO
ABRA-EROMANGA
MANGA Opal Charleville G URULMUNDI Bentonite
GURULMUNDI MOFF
OFFAATDALE Lime
Limes o
imestone
Oil and Gas Roma VOL
OLCLA
CLAYY
CAMEBY
CAMEBY DOWNS
DOWNS COORO
OOROY Y Brick cla
clayy
Field
Fie ldss
Eromanga Quilpie
Bentonite WHITEHILL/HIVES
WHITEHILL/HIVE SVILLE
Kaolin NYNYORA
ORA
Brisbane Roma
Miles
Chinchilla
Dolomite
MEANDU
Roma Gas Fields
Diato mit MAIDENWELL
Diatomite I ARS Bentonite
CEDARS
CED
a MILES
MILES

Baller Bentonite
G
KOGAN CREEK
CREEK SOUTHERN PACIFIC SAND S Silica sand
ANDS
WILKIE CREEK
W
WILKIE
TOOMPINE Opal
OOMPINE Surat
Dalby RAVENS
RAVENSBOURNE BRISBANE/NARANGB
ANE/NARANGBA A
Kaolinn Brick clay
Opal KOROIT
Sur
urat
at Molybdenum Andu
Andurram
amb
NEW
ba
ACLAND Brick clay IPSWICHH
IPS BRISBANE
Oil and Gas Moonie
Ballera Oil Field Toowoomba VANCE Silica sands
Fie
Field
ldss ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRIS E
Sandstone ID
tone HELIDON
WAH Opal
YOW
YO Cunnamulla Bollon Moonie Ipswich
Mineral sands
Jackson SYLVIA
MOUNT SYL
S VIA
COMMODORE
MMODORE i
Diatomite H STO Sandstone
HILL OF STONE
Jackson Pipeline
Moomba
Moonie Brisbane Oil E OAKLEIGH
NEW
Gold Coast

FLINDERS ORETON
Dolomite FLINDERS/M
FLINDERS/MORET ON
Brick clay WA
WARBRICK MIN AH Perlite
NUMINBAH
NUMINB
estone
Limestone Y
CEMENT MILLS JEEBROPILLY Bentonite
JEEBROPILLY
Limestone

LLS
Silver TWIN HILLS
Limestone
RIVERTON Li
To Port Bonython To Adelaide To Sydney To Newcastle

Seventeenth Edition, updated Dec 2016

Prepared by Spatial and Graphic Services, Geological Survey of Queensland
The State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines) 2016
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