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North Queensland geology

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Created 13/01/2025

Updated 13/01/2025

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Since the discovery of gold at Cape River in 1867, mining has played an important role in North Queensland by providing income, opening up new areas to settlement and providing markets for pastoralists and retailers. Mining is valued at more than $700 million per annum. Over 24 million ounces of gold have been mined or discovered in North Queensland. The Charters Towers district is a world class gold province with 15 million ounces of gold discovered in that area alone to date. Bauxite is a major commodity, contributing 10% of the world's production. The area has also been a major tin producer, and has produced, or is producing, base metals, nickel, tungsten, kaolin, antimony, silver, gemstones, limestone, dimension stone, dolomite, perlite, fluorite, molybdenum and diatomite.

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Title North Queensland geology
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/bfbd1b33-194c-4580-b522-266a0793c9e9
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=GA1
Data Portal data.gov.au

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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "North Queensland geology". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/north-queensland-geology