Mineral fields of Western Australia

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 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. The three areas outside proclaimed Gold Fields are listed below the table: -

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.