Telfer gold mine

E911594

copper mine gold mine

Telfer gold mine is one of Australia’s largest and most remote gold and copper mining operations, located in Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wallaby Gold Mine	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	copper mine ⓘ gold mine ⓘ
acquiredBy	Newmont Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
commodityCode	Au ⓘ Cu ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
discoveredIn	1972 ⓘ
distanceFrom	about 1,300 km north-east of Perth ⓘ about 400 km east-southeast of Port Hedland ⓘ
employs	fly-in fly-out workforce ⓘ
hasClimate	arid desert climate ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue	acid mine drainage risk ⓘ tailings seepage concerns ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	accommodation village ⓘ airstrip ⓘ power station ⓘ tailings storage facility ⓘ
hasLifeOfMinePlan	multi-decade operation ⓘ
hasMiningMethod	open-pit mining ⓘ underground mining ⓘ
hasOreBodyType	porphyry-style deposit ⓘ reef-style mineralisation ⓘ
hasProcessingPlant	Telfer processing plant GENERATED ⓘ
hasSafetyFocus	remote operations management ⓘ
isOneOf	largest gold mines in Australia ⓘ most remote mining operations in Australia ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Sandy Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilbara region NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ
near	Karlamilyi National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Telfer community ⓘ
openedIn	1977 ⓘ
operatedBy	Newcrest Mining NERFINISHED ⓘ
oreType	gold-copper ore ⓘ
ownedBy	Newcrest Mining NERFINISHED ⓘ Newmont Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
processingMethod	cyanide leaching ⓘ flotation ⓘ
product	copper ⓘ gold ⓘ silver ⓘ
regulator	Government of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
reopenedIn	2004 ⓘ
state	Western Australia ⓘ
temporarilyClosedIn	2000 ⓘ
uses	truck and shovel fleet ⓘ underground stoping methods ⓘ

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Great Sandy Desert → hasNotableMine → Telfer gold mine ⓘ

Laverton → nearbyMine → Telfer gold mine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallaby Gold Mine