Boddington Au Mine, Boddington, Mt Saddleback, Western Australia, Australia

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An openpit gold mine located 130 km SE of Perth, in the northeastern jarrah forest, 12 km from the town of Boddington. The mine is a joint venture owned by Newmont Mining Corporation and AngloGold Ashanti.
Production ceased in 2001; new production planned for 2008.
The deposit is located within the Saddleback Greenstone Belt (SGB), a fault bounded sliver of Archaean volcanic and shallow level intrusive rocks, surrounded by granitic and gneissic rocks.

References:
- Australian Journal of Mineralogy (1997): 3: 119-124.

- http://www.newmont.com/en/pdf/nowandbeyond/NB2002-BGM.pdf
- http://www.bgm.com.au/one/index.asp

Map Reference: 32°44'S , 116°22'E

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Mineral List:

Actinolite
Aleksite
Altaite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'

Copper
Cuprite
Galena
Gold
Muscovite

Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Saddlebackite (TL)
Tsumoite

15 entries listed. 14 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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