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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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