Mine detail: (Facility) Gove Mine and Refinery

Previously called 'Gove'

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Location

Lat / long: -12.24734, 136.84898

Resource(M)

Primary: Aluminum
Other material: Boehmite, Gibbsite
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1972

Geology

References

MAS6020250006
DEP10183390
Reference{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORTS, 1977 THROUGH 1980, PEKO WALLSEND LIMITED,}{Deposit:: SYDNEY.}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND RESOURCES, 1980,}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN ALUMINUM INDUSTRY SUPPLY POTENTIAL,}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING SERVICE, CANBERRA.}{Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY ANNUAL REVIEW, 1968-1978, BUREAU}{Deposit:: OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS, AUSTRALIAN}{Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORTS, 1970 THROUGH 1980, CSR LIMITED, SYDNEY.}{Deposit:: LILLEHAGEN, N.B., 1980, THE ESTIMATION AND MINING OF GOVE}{Deposit:: BAUXITE RESERVES, ESTIMATION AND STATEMENT OF MINERAL}{Deposit:: RESERVES, THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING &}{Deposit:: METALLURGY, MELBOURNE.}{Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, MAY 12, 1970.}{Deposit:: MINING AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING REVIEW, MARCH 15, 1963, P.46}{Deposit:: SOMM, A., BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF GOVE PENINSULA, NORTHERN}{Deposit:: TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, 12TH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS,}{Deposit:: PACIFIC SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF}{Deposit:: SCIENCE, RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS, CANBERRA, 1971, P. 433.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, JUNE 1970.}{Deposit:: GRUBB, P.L.C., 1970, MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND GENESIS}{Deposit:: OF THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS ON THE GOVE AND MITCHELL}{Deposit:: PLATEAUX, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, MINERAL. DEPOSITA (BERL.)}{Deposit:: 5, P. 248-272.}{Deposit:: ERROL C. SEHNKE, TRIP REPORT FOR TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA,}{Deposit:: (NOV. 30, 1992).}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1971, GOVE BAUXITE}{Reserve-Resource:: PROJECT COMES ALIVE, P. 80-81.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING ENGINEERING, FEBRUARY 1978, MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL}{Reserve-Resource:: DOWN UNDER: THE NABALCO GOVE ALUMINA PLANT, P. 163-165.}{Reserve-Resource:: AUSTRALIAN MINING, DECEMBER 1971, BAUXITE-ALUMINA PROJECT OF}{Reserve-Resource:: GOVE, P. 48-53.}{Reserve-Resource:: DUNN, P.G., 1965, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF GOVE PENINSULA, ARNHEM}{Reserve-Resource:: LAND, GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS, P. 216-218.}{Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING, AUGUST 1972, GOVE BAUXITE OPENING UP}
ReporterWilburn, David R.