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Joseph
Bonaparte
Gulf
Intrusion-related Au (Cu) 4.7%
Archean lode (greenstone) Au
44.8%
Pine Creek region
8
Gulf
Mount Todd
AUSTRALIAN
GOLD RESOURCES
Mesozoic
1.1%
Paleozoic
25.2%
of
Carpentaria
Archean
45.8%
Post-Archean lode Au
17.5%
SCALE 1:10 000 000
Proterozoic
29%
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
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Copies of this map may be downloaded from the Geoscience Australia website
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This map is based on information compiled from publicly available sources on
some 472 Australian gold deposits, including world-class and large deposits.
Compilation of data is ongoing
Deposit size is the total tonnage of gold that is or was in a deposit as estimated
by Geoscience Australia. It was derived by summing the aggregate production
from a deposit and the current or remaining resources in that deposit
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Regional resources are the aggregate of resources in deposits occurring in the
region. Regions defined here are based on Geoscience Australia’s Georegions
arcinfo coverage. Subdivisions of the Lachlan Orogen and Yilgarn Craton are
based on data from published sources
BASS STRAIT
"Other types" includes deposit types with less
than 1% of global resources:
High sulphidation epithermal
Komatiitic Ni-Cu
Mount Isa-type Cu
Mount Isa-type Zn-Pb-Ag
Polymetallic replacement
Skarn Cu-Au (Pb-Zn)
Unconformity-related U (Au-base metals)
Unknown
Location information used in this map is derived from Geoscience Australia's
databases. Ozmin data for each deposit, including resources, can be accessed
at: http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au
Beaconsfie
ld
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Que River
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It is recommended that this map be referred to as: Huleatt, M.B., Jaireth, S.,
2009, Australian Gold Resources, March 2009 edition, 1:10 000 000 scale map,
Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia
Geocat No 68659 ISBN: 9781921498572
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2009
Produced by Geoscience Australia
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Warrnambool
Only deposits with both grade and tonnage
of ore have been plotted.
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New Bendigo
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Archean lode (greenstone) Au
Cobar-style Zn-Pb-Cu (Ag-Au)
Intrusion-related Au (Cu)
Iron-oxide Cu-Au (U-Pb-Zn)
Post-Archean lode Au (Cu-Pb-Zn)
Low sulphidation epithermal
Porphyry Au
Porphyry Cu-Au
Volcanic associated massive sulphide
Other types
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Perseverance
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Cadia
ADELAIDE
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Geological regions with more than 2000 tonnes of gold
Geological regions boundary, broken where subdivided
Ceduna
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Norseman Go
Geological regions with 10 to 100 tonnes of gold
Geological regions with 100 to 1000 tonnes of gold
Hillgrove
St Ives
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New Celeb
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Gympie
Padd ing toanBelle
Kano wn
Supe r Pit
Ora Banda
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Geological regions with 1000 to 2000 tonnes of gold
Olympic Dam
Lindsays
Geological regions with up to 10 tonnes of gold
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Tropicana
Challenger
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Geraldto
Gladsto
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Oodnadatta
Granny Smith
Sunrise Dam
Mineral deposits with 1000 to 2000 tonnes of gold (1)
Number of deposits shown in brackets
Mount Mor
gan
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Wallab y
Tarmoola
LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTION
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Central Meridian: 134 E Standard Parallels: 18 S, 36 S
Geocentric Datum of Australia
Mineral deposits with 100 to 1000 tonnes of gold (36)
ef
Lawlers
Agne w
500 Kilometres
Mineral deposits with 10 to 100 tonnes of gold (138)
Mount Raw
do
Bronzewing
400
Mineral deposits with 1 to 10 tonnes of gold (200)
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Big Bell
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Mackay
Plutonic
Wiluna
300
Mineral deposits with more than 2000 tonnes of gold (2)
QUEENSLAND
y
Jundee-Nimar
200
Mineral deposits with up to 1 tonne of gold (95)
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Alice Springs
on
Carnarv
10 000
20
0m
Twin Hills
100
Gold occurrences
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Longrea ch
USTRALIA
WESTERN A
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Sarsfield
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Selwyn Syste
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Telfer
Paulsens
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at
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Ernest Henry
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Pajingo
Indee
40
Town sville
Charters
Towers
Mount Le
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lan d
Port Hed
24
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Kid ston
Tennant Creek region
Callie
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20
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Cro ydo n
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20
Gold grade (%)
16
Normanton
16
m
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20
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10
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Cairns
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Global resources of gold by age
Toms Gully
Volcanic associated massive sulphide 2.8%
Iron-oxide Au
16.4%
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Others 1.5%
Porphyry Cu-Au 6.7%
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Global resources of gold by type
Low sulphidation epithermal 1.0%
Cobar-type Zn-Pb-Cu (Ag-Au) 2.4%
Porphyry Au 2.4%
TORRES STRAIT
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