Mount Gibson, Western Australia

Mount Gibson, Western Australia is located on the Wubin - Mount Magnet section of the Great Northern Highway in the mid-west region of Western Australia.

Sheep and conservation

Mount Gibson is also the name of a pastoral lease (sheep station) and a nature conservancy project.[1]

Mining

In the early twentieth century it was a gold exploration area,[2] and continued to be of interest for some time.[3] Currently it is the site of an iron ore mine.[4]

The iron ore mine and operations were suspended at various stages due to contract negotiations between the mining companies and their clients.[5]

Iron ore is moved first by road to Perenjori where it is hauled by rail to the port of Geraldton.[6]

References
  1. "Australian Wildlife Conservancy - Conservation Programs". Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  2. "MOUNT GIBSON". Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 12 September 1915. p. 12 Section: First Section. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. Davy, R. (Richard); Clarke, R. M; Sale, M; Geological Survey of Western Australia (1989), Gold-bearing lateritic profiles at Mount Gibson, Murchison Province, Western Australia : analytical and mineralogical data, Geological Survey of Western Australia (published 1990), ISBN 978-0-7309-0907-1
  4. ATA Environmental; Mount Gibson Iron Limited (2006), Mt Gibson iron ore mine and infrastructure project : public environmental review (Version 3 ed.), ATA Environmental for] Mount Gibson Mining Limited, retrieved 12 May 2012
  5. "Australian Web Archive". Archived from the original on 20 July 2010.
  6. "Mt Gibson Iron". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

29.607°S 117.411°E / -29.607; 117.411


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