Cookes Creek mine

Cookes Creek mine
Location
Western Australia
Country Australia
Production
Products Tungsten
Owner
Company Hazelwood Resources

The Cookes Creek mine is a large open pit mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The mine is located 30 km northwest of Nullagine and is owned by Hazelwood Resources.[1]

Cookes Creek represents one of the largest tungsten reserves in Australia having estimated reserves of 9.5 million tonnes of ore grading 0.16% tungsten.[2] The largest deposit is called the Big Hill Tungsten Deposit. It consists of clean scheelite which is easy to extract.[1]

Tungsten was first mined in the area in the 1950s.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cookes Creek Tungsten". Hazelwood Resources. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tungsten deposits" (PDF). masangroup.com. 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

Coordinates: 21°45′12″S 120°35′04″E / 21.7533°S 120.5844°E / -21.7533; 120.5844

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