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).
Famous for excellent chalcocite specimens.
Refs.:
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.
