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. ↑ "Australian Wildlife Conservancy - Conservation Programs". Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  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 (1989), Gold-bearing lateritic profiles at Mount Gibson, Murchison Province, Western Australia : analytical and mineralogical data, Geological Survey of Western Australia (published 1990), 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. ↑ "Australian Web Archive". Archived from the original on 20 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Mt Gibson Iron". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

29°36′25″S 117°24′40″E / 29.607°S 117.411°E / -29.607; 117.411


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