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.
Refs.:
http://www.newmont.com/en/pdf/nowandbeyond/NB2002-BGM.pdf
http://www.bgm.com.au/one/index.asp
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Map Reference: 32°44'S , 116°22'E
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