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Mitchell Plateau

Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley

Mitchell Plateau is a bauxite exploration project in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 9 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1965 and 1983, most recently Mitchell Plateau Bauxite Co in 1983. Of those, 4 declare a resource.

Reports
9
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
19yrs
1965 to 1983, 43 years ago
Main target
Bauxite
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Mitchell Plateau in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
Ground extent115 × 107 km
Report areas mapped4

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Mitchell Plateau, most active first.

Amax Bauxite Corporation 5Mitchell Plateau Bauxite Co 2Alumax Bauxite Corporation 1Amax Iron Ore Corporation 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 5 live and pending tenements sit over the Mitchell Plateau ground, held under 3 names.

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Exploration record on Mitchell Plateau

Local government
Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
Commodities targeted
Bauxite 9
Work on record
Metallurgy 5 · Vacuum drilling 5 · Mineral resource estimate 4 · Bulk sampling 3 · Rotary drilling 3 · Surveying 3 · Costeaning 2 · Geological mapping 2
Resource declared
Yes, in 4 reports: A215 (1969), A196 (1967), A192 (1966), A191 (1965)
Downloadable data
6 of 9 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 6 · Non-statutory 3
Reports by decade
51960s
11970s
31980s

Exploration reports

9 WAMEX reports filed over Mitchell Plateau.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A12246 1983 Mitchell Plateau Bauxite Co Mitchell Plateau Project , Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1982,TR70/5610-5614.
A10593 1982 Mitchell Plateau Bauxite Co Mitchell Plateau Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1981, TR70/5610-5614.
A8738 1980 Alumax Bauxite Corporation Mitchell Plateau Project, Annual Report [Refractory Bauxite Programme] for the year ending 31/12/1979, TR70/
A8158 1979 Amax Iron Ore Corporation Mitchell Plateau Project, Non-statutory Report: Amax Exploration (Australia) Inc. Mitchell Plateau Refractory
A215 1969 Amax Bauxite Corporation Mitchell Plateau Project Western Australia Annual Report 1969
A196 1967 Amax Bauxite Corporation Mitchell Plateau Project, Annual Report for the period 06/04/1967 to 30/11/1967, TR70/3500-3503H.
A192 1966 Amax Bauxite Corporation Mitchell Plateau Project, Annual Report for the period 01/04/1966 to 20/11/1966, TR70/3500H.
A191 1965 Amax Bauxite Corporation Mitchell Plateau Project, Non-statutory Report: Field Report No 2 for the period covering 01/10/1965 to 30/11/
A190 1965 Amax Bauxite Corporation Mitchell Plateau Project, Non-statutory Report: Field Report No 1 for the period 1st May to 15th July 1965, TR

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