2d6f05c7-50b2-41e2-81d2-5538c52cb4f0 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-10-16T06:34:56 creation ISO 19115 2016 North Queensland geology 2d6f05c7-50b2-41e2-81d2-5538c52cb4f0 Since the discovery of gold at Cape River in 1867, mining has played an important role in North Queensland by providing income, opening up new areas to settlement and providing markets for pastoralists and retailers. Mining is valued at more than $700 million per annum. Over 24 million ounces of gold have been mined or discovered in North Queensland. The Charters Towers district is a world class gold province with 15 million ounces of gold discovered in that area alone to date. Bauxite is a major commodity, contributing 10% of the world's production. The area has also been a major tin producer, and has produced, or is producing, base metals, nickel, tungsten, kaolin, antimony, silver, gemstones, limestone, dimension stone, dolomite, perlite, fluorite, molybdenum and diatomite. AU-QLD Bulletin Earth Sciences GA Publication Published_External geology Download the file (pdf) documentDigital Download the file (pdf) PDF File download documentDigital Download the file (tif) tif Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML