Pompey's Pillar
Pompey's Pillar is an iron ore and diamond exploration project in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 5 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1963 and 2003, most recently Gauntlet Mining Corporation Pty Ltd in 2003. Of those, 2 declare a resource.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Pompey's Pillar, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 22 live and pending tenements sit over the Pompey's Pillar ground, held under 4 names.
- Which tenements sit over this ground, and who holds each
- The area they cover and when they expire
- The main holders here, by number of titles
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Pompey's Pillar
- Local government
- Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
- Commodities targeted
- Iron 5 · Diamond 1
- Work on record
- Geological mapping 3 · Diamond drilling 2 · Mineral resource estimate 2 · Rock chip sampling 2 · Costeaning 1 · Geological interpretation 1 · Geological reconnaissance 1 · Percussion drilling 1
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 2 reports: A786 (1963), A785 (1963)
- Downloadable data
- 2 of 5 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Non-statutory 3 · Annual 2
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A67554 | 2003 | Gauntlet Mining Corporation Pty Ltd | An Evaluation of the Pompeys Pillar Iron Deposits in the East Kimberley of Western Australia |
| A67540 | 2003 | Gauntlet Mining Corporation Pty Ltd | Annual Report for the period 04/12/2000 to 03/12/2001 Pompey's Pillar Iron Ore E80/2389 |
| A787 | 1964 | Bell Brothers Pty Ltd | Pompey's Pillar Project, Non-statutory Report: Volume of Plans & Cross Sections, 1964, TR70/1991, 2385-2386. |
| A786 | 1963 | Bell Brothers Pty Ltd | Pompey's Pillar Project, Non-statutory Report: Brief Exploration Report, February 1963, TR70/1991, 2385-2386. |
| A785 | 1963 | Bell Brothers Pty Ltd | Pompey's Pillar Project, Non-statutory Report: Report on the Pompey's Pillar Iron Ore Deposits, Australia, Dec |
Other projects in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
What does the exploration record say about Pompey's Pillar?
NextMaps reads the WAMEX reports over a chosen area into a referenced prospectivity assessment: the geology, the historical programs, the drill intercepts and geochemistry, and the untested gaps, with every claim cited back to its source report. New accounts include a free report. How the reports work.
Get the free report Open this ground on the mapTenure data sourced from the DMPE public registers and SLIP WA (© Government of Western Australia, CC BY 4.0). Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.