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] and currently 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, Western Australia where it is hauled by rail to the port of Geraldton.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.australianwildlife.org/AWC-Sanctuaries/Mt-Gibson-Sanctuary/Mt-Gibson-Conservation-Programs.aspx
  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 (1990), Gold-bearing lateritic profiles at Mount Gibson, Murchison Province, Western Australia : analytical and mineralogical data, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 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. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/119181/20100720-1704/www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/mount-gibson-restarts-extension-hill-project.html
  6. ↑ http://www.mtgibsoniron.com.au/op-tallering.asp

Coordinates: 29°36′25″S 117°24′40″E / 29.607°S 117.411°E