A gold(-copper) mine located 500 km inland from Port Hedland, and about 80 km E of the Nifty copper deposit.
Owned by Newmont (70%) and BHP (30%) in 1984; by Newcrest Mining Ltd since 1990. Produced 117,000 ounces Au (1984).
Au-Cu deposit. Reef and stockwork domains in Proterozoic sediments, weakly metamorphosed, structurally deformed by folding and faulting and intruded by granites.
Famous for excellent chalcocite specimens.
Telfer is located in the Great Sandy Desert in the Paterson Province of Western Australia, approximately 450 kilometres east-south-east of Port Hedland. Telfer is approximately 1,300 kilometres by air and 1,900 kilometres by road from Perth.
The operation is comprised of two mines, Telfer Open Pit and Telfer Underground. Telfer Open Pit contains 2 open pits, Main Dome and West Dome. Open pit mining currently takes place in the Main Dome. The underground mine is located beneath the Main Dome open pit.
References:- Mining Annual Review (1985): 41, 367.
- Downes, P. J., Hope, M., Bevan, A. W. R. and Henry, D. A. (2006): Chalcocite and associated secondary minerals from the Telfer gold mine, Western Australia. Austral. J. Mineral. 12, 25-42.
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http://www.newcrest.com.au//operations.asp?category=6
Econ Geol (1997) 92:133-160
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