Share to: share facebook share twitter share wa share telegram print page

Mount Morgan Mine

Mount Morgan Mine
Mount Morgan Mine Stack, 2010
Location
Mount Morgan Mine is located in Australia
Mount Morgan Mine
Mount Morgan Mine
Location in Australia
LocationMount Morgan
StateQueensland
CountryAustralia
Coordinates23°38′28″S 150°22′31″E / 23.64111°S 150.37528°E / -23.64111; 150.37528
Production
ProductsCopper
Gold
Silver
ProductionCopper: 387,000 tonnes
Gold: 262 tonnes
Silver: 37 tonnes
Financial year1882–1981
History
Opened1882
Closed1981
Owner
CompanyNorton Gold Fields
Year of acquisition2007

Mount Morgan Mine was a copper, gold and silver mine in Queensland, Australia. Mining began at Mount Morgan in 1882 and continued until 1981. Over its lifespan, the mine yielded approximately 262 metric tons (258 long tons; 289 short tons) of gold, 37 metric tons (36 long tons; 41 short tons) of silver and 387,000 metric tons (381,000 long tons; 427,000 short tons) of copper.[1] The mine was once the largest gold mine in the world.[2]

The Mount Morgan Mine also operated assay laboratories, brickworks, foundry, power house and workshops (including carpentry, electrical and plumbing) as part of its operations.[3] The Mount Morgan Mine also contained Fireclay Caverns excavated to provide clay for the mine brickworks.[4]

Wealth from the Mount Morgan mine funded Persian oil exploration, establishing the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which became BP in 1954. Wealth from the Mount Morgan mine was also bequeathed in 1912 to establish the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

Resources

The area near the mine contains sedimentary and igneous rocks.[5] The gold was rated 0.998 fine.[5]

History

View of the town of Mount Morgan and the mine beyond from the Queensland National Hotel

The Beginning (1882 to 1886)

Walter Hall and D'Arcy ~1885

In 1882, a syndicate was created to open a gold mine at Ironstone Mountain, 39 kilometres (24 mi) south of Rockhampton, Queensland. The syndicate comprised William Knox Darcy (later influential in establishing the Anglo Persian Oil Company), Walter Russell Hall (later influential in establishing the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research), Thomas Skarratt Hall, and Thomas, Frederick and Edwin Morgan. Ironstone Mountain was later renamed Mount Morgan after the Morgan members of the syndicate.

Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited (1886–1928)

Mount Morgan Mine, 1906

In October 1886, the syndicate became the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited, with James Wesley Hall, the younger brother of Walter Russell and Thomas Skarratt Hall, as the first general manager. The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Limited operated using underground mining methods until 1927 when fire destroyed underground workings. The company deliberately flooded its underground workings in response to the fire and went into liquidation.

By 1907 the mine had produced $60,000,000 worth of gold, making it one of the most productive in the world.[5]

Mount Morgan Limited (1928–1990)

The Mount Morgan Mine was reestablished using open-cut mining methods in 1928, operating as Mount Morgan Limited.

Conversion to open-cut operation included substantial modernization of Mount Morgan’s mining infrastructure and mining techniques. Mount Morgan Limited became a subsidiary of Peko-Wallsend in 1968 and continued operations until 1974, when Mount Morgan Limited began to reach the end of its ore body. Mount Morgan Limited progressively scaled back its workforce and operations until it reached the end of its ore body in 1981.

From 1982 to 1990, Mount Morgan Limited began processing tailings of its previous operations at the Mount Morgan mine site. In parallel, Mount Morgan mine facilities were used to process materials from other Peko-Wallsend operations. At the end of both such operations in 1990, the Queensland Government began negotiating with Mount Morgan Limited regarding terms of closure.

Recent

The Queensland Government began administration of the site in 1992. Perilya/Aumin NL commenced further exploration in 1992 leading to plans for potential further reprocessing at the Mount Morgan mine site in the future. Since 2007 the mine and mining leases have been owned by Norton Gold Fields. An estimated 327,000 ounces (9,300,000 g) of gold still exist at the site.[6]

Broader influence of the mine

BP

William Knox Darcy, an original member of the Mount Morgan gold mine syndicate, used proceeds from the Mount Morgan gold mine to fund oil exploration in Persia. The exploration made successful oil discovery in 1908 and commenced the Anglo Persian Oil Company. The company became The British Petroleum Company (BP) in 1954.

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Walter Russell Hall was also a member of the original Mount Morgan Gold Mine syndicate. Substantial personal wealth of Walter Russell Hall was bequeathed on his death in 1912 to establish the Walter and Eliza Hall Trust. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research was established from the trust in 1915.

Today

External image
image icon Water in the old Mount Morgan gold mine is being treated

The Mount Morgan mine site is a tourist attraction in the Central Queensland region.[7] The site contains remaining structures of its mining operations including the General Office, Gold Rooms and Main Stack. The Arthur Timms lookout overlooks remaining mine buildings and the Mount Morgan township.

According to former Queensland Minister for Mining, Stirling Hinchliffe, water in the pit contains elevated levels of copper, aluminium, magnesium and other metals.[8] The site contains a lime dosing water treatment plant and onsite evaporators.[9] Controlled water releases done to prevent an uncontrolled release during heavy rainfall events has been done twice in March 2011, once in January 2013 and again in February 2013.

In June 2011, the Government of Queensland announced $24.2 million in funding for site rehabilitation and management.[8] On 26 January 2013, the mine filled with water and overflowed in the Dee River for the first time ever.[10]

Although mining company Carbine Resources announced plans in 2014 to extract gold, copper and pyrite from tailings and improve the mine's acid mine drainage problem,[11][12] it withdrew the proposal in March 2018 due to its doubts over the financial viability of the project.[13]

Estimates for a partial rehabilitation of the toxic environmental legacy of the old gold mine start at $450 million, but no costings of a full rehabilitation of the site have yet been carried out.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Queensland Government: Mines and Energy: Mount Morgan Mine Rehabilitation Project: Project Summary Archived 2011-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Mount Morgan Mine Project". Norton Gold Fields. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  3. ^ Operations of Mount Morgan Limited, September, 1969 pp12-27
  4. ^ Romilio, Anthony; Dick, Roslyn; Skinner, Heather; Millar, Janice (13 February 2020). "Archival data provides insights into the ambiguous track-maker gait from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) Razorback beds, Queensland, Australia: evidence of theropod quadrupedalism?". Historical Biology. 33 (9): 1573–1579. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1720014. ISSN 0891-2963.
  5. ^ a b c Emmons, William Harvey (1917). The Enrichment of Ore Deposits, Issue 625. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 343–344. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Reserves & Resources". Norton Gold Fields. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. ^ Terzon, Emilia (15 March 2018). "Mount Morgan abandoned mine site brings environmentalists and farmers together". ABC News. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b Cole Latimer (14 June 2011). "QLD provides mine rehab funding boost". Mining Australia. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  9. ^ Andrew Cripps (22 February 2013). "Controlled water release at Mount Morgan Mine site". Media Release. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  10. ^ Ian Townsend (14 February 2013). "Queensland's toxic Dee River reveals national mine waste problem". RadioNational. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Former central Queensland gold mining town of Mount Morgan set to shine again". ABC News. 16 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Mount Morgan abandoned mine site brings environmentalists and farmers together". ABC News. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Farmers 'disgusted' as proposal at abandoned central Queensland gold mine canned". ABC News. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.

This information is adapted from Wikipedia which is publicly available.

Read other articles:

Elezioni generali in Spagna dell'aprile 2019 Stato  Spagna Data 28 aprile Legislatura XIII Assemblee Congresso dei Deputati, Senato di Spagna Affluenza 75,78% ( 9,30%) Candidati Pedro Sánchez Pablo Casado Albert Rivera Liste PSOE PP C's Congresso dei Deputati Voti 7.513.14228,68% 4.373.65316,69% 4.155.66515,86% Seggi 123 / 350 66 / 350 57 / 350 Senato di Spagna Seggi 121 / 208 56 / 208 4 / 208 Distribuzione del voto per provincia (Congresso) Governi Sánchez I (ad interim) 2016 2019 (Nov.)…

Chala Murari Hero BanneSutradara G. Asrani Produser Surinder Kumar Sharma Ditulis olehPenata musikR. D. BurmanTanggal rilis1977Negara India Bahasa Hindi Chala Murari Hero Banne adalah sebuah film komedi Bollywood 1977 yang disutradarai dan dibintangi oleh G. Asrani. Pemeran G. Asrani ... Murari Bindiya Goswami Ashok Kumar Prem Nath Bindu Paintal Jagdeep Keshto Mukherjee Satyendra Kapoor Musik Naa Janey Din Kaise Jivan Me Aaye Hain - Kishore Kumar Khoye Ho Aakhir Kis Bekhudi Me - Asha Bhosl…

InvercargillWaihōpai Plaats in Nieuw-Zeeland Situering Eiland Zuidereiland Regio Southland Coördinaten 46° 24′ ZB, 168° 21′ OL Algemeen Oppervlakte 491 km² Inwoners 50.800 (103,5 inw./km²) Politiek Burgemeester Tim Shadbolt Website icc.govt.nz Foto's Portaal    Nieuw-Zeeland Invercargill (Maori: Waihōpai) is de zuidelijkste en westelijkste stad in Nieuw-Zeeland en een van de zuidelijkste steden ter wereld. Invercargill heeft ca. 50.000 inwoners en is vooral vanwege z…

Si ce bandeau n'est plus pertinent, retirez-le. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus. Cet article ne cite pas suffisamment ses sources (août 2010). Si vous disposez d'ouvrages ou d'articles de référence ou si vous connaissez des sites web de qualité traitant du thème abordé ici, merci de compléter l'article en donnant les références utiles à sa vérifiabilité et en les liant à la section « Notes et références » En pratique : Quelles sources sont attendues ? Comment…

Map of Washington's 20th legislative district Washington's 20th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district includes a southern section of Thurston County, most of Lewis and Cowlitz counties, and the northern tip of Clark County.[1] This mostly rural district is represented by state senator John Braun and state representatives Peter Abbarno (position 1) and Ed Orcutt (position 2), all Republicans. Histo…

Lambang Provinsi Kalimantan Barat Peta lokasi Provinsi Kalimantan Barat di Indonesia Peta lokasi Kabupaten miwah kota di Provinsi Kalimantan Barat Artikel utama: Daftar kabupaten di Indonesia menurut waktu pembentukan Berikut adalah artikel mengenai Daftar kabupaten dan/atau kota di Kalimantan Barat berdasarkan waktu pembentukan yang diurutkan berdasarkan abjad. Referensi berdasarkan Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia yang pertama dikeluarkan saat pembentukan kabupaten/kota tersebut meskipun terda…

Meranti mesupang Shorea pachyphylla Status konservasiGentingIUCN33429 TaksonomiDivisiTracheophytaSubdivisiSpermatophytesKladAngiospermaeKladmesangiospermsKladeudicotsKladcore eudicotsKladSuperrosidaeKladrosidsKladmalvidsOrdoMalvalesFamiliDipterocarpaceaeSubfamiliDipterocarpoideaeGenusShoreaSpesiesShorea pachyphylla lbs Shorea pachyphylla atau meranti mesupang (disebut, bersama dengan beberapa spesies lain dalam genus Shorea, meranti merah tua ) adalah spesies pohon dalam keluarga Dipterocarpacea…

Nusa Tenggara TimurNama lengkapTim sepak bola Provinsi Nusa Tenggara TimurStadionStadion Oepoi(Kapasitas: 5.000)LigaPONPra PON 2024Peringkat 1 di Grup D Kostum kandang Kostum tandang Tim sepak bola Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur atau Tim sepak bola Nusa Tenggara Timur adalah tim provinsial yang mewakili Nusa Tenggara Timur dalam cabang olahraga sepak bola pada Pekan Olahraga Nasional. Tim ini dikendalikan oleh Asosiasi Provinsi Persatuan Sepak bola Seluruh Indonesia Nusa Tenggara Timur (Asprov PSS…

American private detective firm (1890s–1937) The Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency was a private detective agency in the United States from the early 1890s to 1937. The agency's members played a key role in the events that led to the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 and violent repression[1] of labor union members. Significant incidents, later collectively known as the Coal Wars, occurred in various locations. The Pocahontas Coalfield region of West Virginia witnessed some of these even…

American reality television series BET Presents: The EncoreAlso known asThe EncoreGenre Music Reality television Created by Carlos King Brandon Fuentes Presented byCitaStarring Shamari DeVoe Irish Grinstead LeMisha Grinstead Nivea Felisha King Fallon King Pamela Long Aubrey O'Day Kiely Williams Alyssa EdwardsCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes10ProductionExecutive producers Carlos King Scott Jeffress Alicia Martino Brent Nisbett Scott Shatsky Alys…

Die Ausschreitungen von Hoyerswerda waren mehrere rassistisch motivierte Übergriffe in der sächsischen Stadt Hoyerswerda zwischen dem 17. und 23. September 1991. Dabei wurden ein Wohnheim für Vertragsarbeiter sowie ein Flüchtlingswohnheim angegriffen. Teilweise standen bis zu 500 Personen[1] vor den Heimen und beteiligten sich an den Angriffen. Die Polizei war nicht gewillt, die Angriffe zu stoppen. Die deutschen Medien berichteten umfangreich über die Ereignisse. Die Ausschreitunge…

Nazi high official and deputy head of the SS (1904–1942) Heydrich redirects here. For other people with the surname, see Heydrich (surname). Reinhard HeydrichHeydrich in 1940Deputy Protector of Bohemia and MoraviaActing ProtectorIn office29 September 1941 – 4 June 1942Appointed byAdolf HitlerPreceded byKonstantin von Neurath(Protector until 24 August 1943)Succeeded byKurt Daluege(Acting Protector)President of InterpolIn office24 August 1940 – 4 June 1942Secretary-GeneralO…

The tradition is named after American actor Paul Newman after he said: 24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.Originally started at Bates College, the tradition has spread to other educational institutions, including his alma mater.Newman Day is a collegiate drinking tradition in which 24 beers are consumed over 24 hours. The ritual was initiated by students of Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine.[1][2][3][4][5] At its inception duri…

Nationwide event This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Displace Me – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Promotional poster Displace Me was a nationwide event hosted by the nonprofit Invisible Children Inc. on April 28, 2007. In 15 cities across t…

This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (April 2019) Yogi Haider (born Shamshad Haider) is a yoga teacher living in Pakistan. He is the founder of Yoga Pakistan and Way of Nature through which he teaches yoga and meditation. He studied yoga in Burma, Tibet, Nepal and India, including from S. N. Goenka.[1] Haider is from Pakistan's Punjab province. He has been teaching yo…

Character displacement occurs when similar species that live in the same geographical region and occupy similar niches differentiate in order to minimize niche overlap and avoid competitive exclusion. Several species of Galapagos finches display character displacement. Each closely related species differs in beak size and beak depth, allowing them to coexist in the same region since each species eats a different type of seed: the seed best fit for its unique beak. The finches with the deeper, st…

Single by Eazy-E This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: We Want Eazy – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) We Want EazySingle by Eazy-E featuring Dr. Dre and MC Renfrom the album Eazy-Duz-It B-sideStill Talkin'Released1988Reco…

United States historic placeFenton SeminaryFormerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places Seminary in 2011Location309 High St., Fenton, MichiganCoordinates42°47′16″N 83°42′34″W / 42.78778°N 83.70944°W / 42.78778; -83.70944 (Fenton Seminary)Arealess than one acreBuilt1868 (1868)Architectural styleSecond EmpireDemolishedSeptember 2015MPSGenesee County MRANRHP reference No.82000508[1]Significant datesAdde…

Soap opera character Ed HallOne Life to Live characterPortrayed byAl Freeman Jr.1David PendletonDuration 1972–88 2000 First appearanceJanuary 1972 (January 1972)Last appearanceApril 7, 2000 (April 7, 2000)ClassificationFormer, regularCreated byAgnes NixonIntroduced byDoris Quinlan (1972)Jill Farren Phelps (2000)In-universe informationOccupation Police officer Politician BrothersGus HallSpouseCarla Gray (1974–79)Adoptive sonsJosh HallGrandsonsJared Hall…

Bagian dari seriProtestanisme Teologi Topik Aniaya Budaya Demografi Eklesiologi Kebangunan Dahsyat Kritik Reformasi Sejarah Cabang Besar Advent Anabaptis Anglikan Baptis Kalvinis Lutheran Metodis Pentakosta Cabang Kecil Irvingian Pergerakan Kekudusan Protestan Timur Protoprotestanisme (Husite dan Waldensian) Schwenkfelder Serikat Handai-Tolan Serikat Persaudaraan Plymouth Serikat Persaudaraan Schwarzenau Siswa-Siswi Alkitab Lain-lain Pergerakan Berbasis Luas Injili Karismatik Neokarismatik Perke…

Kembali kehalaman sebelumnya

Lokasi Pengunjung: 3.146.35.55