Mining in Western Australia is administered in terms of the administrative divisions of the:- Gold or Mineral Field Goldfield District
There have also been various hierarchies of State Mining Engineer Inspectorate areas, as well as Mining Registrars Offices and areas.
List of fields The following list is of the current Gold (G.F.) or Mineral (M.F.) Fields in the state pages 8,9,10 The prefix code number is that which is found on maps of the Mineral Fields of the state. Areas are in square kilometres and Gazetted dates are from a 1981 publication.(1981) Map of Western Australia showing |Administrative Divisions and principal mines and operators Perth, Department of Mines Administrative divisions list The three areas outside proclaimed Gold Fields are listed below the table: -
Prefix code numberOfficial Gold/Mineral FieldCurrent Goldfield DistrictCurrent mining registrarArea in km2Gazetted date01 Greenbushes M.F. Perth 101 04 West Kimberley G.F. Karratha 225,373 08 Ashburton G.F. Karratha 69,930 09 Gascoyne G.F. Karratha 130,535 12 Collie River M.F. Perth 640 15 Coolgardie G.F. Coolgardie Coolgardie 24,304 16 Coolgardie G.F. Kunanalling Coolgardie 600420 Murchison G.F. Cue Mount Magnet 22,256 21 Murchison G.F. Day Dawn Mount Magnet 2,32024 Broad Arrow G.F. Kalgoorlie 2,668 25 East Coolgardie G.F. Bulong Kalgoorlie 2,564 26 East Coolgardie G.F. Kalgoorlie 2,098 27 North East Coolgardie G.F. Kanowna Kalgoorlie 2,833 28 North East Coolgardie G.F. Kurnalpi Kalgoorlie 50,53129 North Coolgardie G.F. Menzies Kalgoorlie 17,265 30 North Coolgardie G.F. Ullaring Kalgoorlie 8,011 31 North Coolgardie G.F. Yerilla Kalgoorlie 8,184 36 East Murchison G.F. Lawlers Meekatharra 17,330 37 Margaret G.F. Mount Malcolm Leonora 15,587 38 Margaret G. F. Mount Margaret Leonora 103,322 39 Margaret G.F. Mount Morgans Leonora 36,278 40 North Coolgardie G.F. Niagara Leonora 1,782 45 Pilbara G.F. Marble Bar Marble Bar 359,698 46 Pilbara G.F. Nullagine Marble Bar 27,516 47 West Pilbara G.F. Karratha 75,711 51 Murchison G.F. Meekatharra Meekatharra 31,727 52 Peak Hill G.F. Meekatharra 84,330 53 East Murchison G.F. Wiluna Leonora 27,184 57 East Murchison G.F. Black Range Mount Magnet 22,97658 Murchison G.F. Mount Magnet Mount Magnet 9,674 59 Yalgoo G.F. Mount Magnet 60,165 63 Dundas G.F. Norseman 29,604 66 Northampton M.F. Perth 3,377 69 Warburton M.F. Perth 70 South West M.F. Perth 229,561 74 Phillips River G.F. Perth 16,835 77 Yilgarn G.F. Southern Cross 44,807 80 Kimberley G.F. Karratha 224,834
Mining districts outside proclaimed Gold fields in 1981 Eucla 124,500 km2 gazetted 6 October 1967 Nabberu 136,250 km2 gazetted 6 October 1967 Warburton 260,483 km2 gazetted 6 October 1967 now number 69 above
See also Eastern Goldfields Ghost towns of the Goldfields of Western Australia Goldfields–Esperance Hints to Prospectors and Owners of Treatment Plants Mining in Western Australia Regions of Western Australia State Batteries in Western Australia Western Australia Atlas of mineral deposits and petroleum fields Western Australian Goldfields
References
Further reading (1981) Mineral fields of the southwest : guide book / by S.A. Wilde, C.R.M. Butt, J.L. Baxter; compiled by T.E. Johnston. [Australia] : Geological Society of Australia, 1981. Excursion guide; A4 Geological Society of Australia, fifth Australian Geological Convention. (1936) Map of the Western Australian goldfields and mineral fields 1936 [cartographic material]/ Mines Department of Western Australia. Scale [ca.1:550 000]. [ca. 1" = 10 miles]. (E 112° -- E 123°/S 020° -- S 036°) Shows state batteries, telegraph lines and stock routes. Battye accession number 002306.