Tallering Peak

{{Short description|Iron ore mine in Western Australia}}

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| owner = Mount Gibson Mining

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| opening year = 2004

| closing year = 2014

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Tallering Peak is a feature near Mount Gibson in Western Australia

Tallering Peak Mine was an iron ore mine operating in the Mid West region of Western Australia between 2003 and 2014. It was the first operational mine of Mount Gibson Mining Company.{{cite web | url=https://www.mtgibsoniron.com.au/our-profile/company-background/ | title=Company background – Mt Gibson Iron }}

From 2004, iron ore was transported to Geraldton, during the operational life of the mine.https://www.mtgibsoniron.com.au/operations/ Tallering Peakhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120320090646/http://www.mtgibsoniron.com.au/op-tallering.asp Tallering Operation details from web archive The operations were in conjunction with the local Aboriginal corporation.{{Citation | author1=Yamatji Marlpa Barna Baba Maaja Aboriginal Corporation | title=Achievements (30 June 2004) | journal=Annual Report | publication-date=2004-06-30 | publisher=Yamatji Marlpa Barna Baba Maaja Aboriginal Corporation | issue=258 of 2004 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/237197358 | access-date=26 August 2022}}

Recognition of the area having iron deposits had occurred as early as the 1920s.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67095539 |title=Tallering Iron Deposits. |newspaper=Geraldton Guardian |volume=XVII |issue=4392 |location=Western Australia |date=5 February 1925 |accessdate=26 August 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article233510851 |title=MINING. |newspaper=The Murchison Times And Day Dawn Gazette |volume=31 |issue=25 |location=Western Australia |date=7 February 1925 |accessdate=26 August 2022 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} The deposits were also reported as the Tallering Range Iron Ore Deposits.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67096599 |title=Tallering Range Iron Ore Deposits. |newspaper=Geraldton Guardian |volume=XVII |issue=4383 |location=Western Australia |date=15 January 1925 |accessdate=26 August 2022 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The area had been of interest in the 1930s for signs of gold deposits.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240366799 |title=Mining at Tallering Peak |newspaper=The Mullewa Mail |volume=40 |issue=2021 |location=Western Australia |date=26 January 1935 |accessdate=26 August 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Western Mining had worked on developing the ore body in the 1960s.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202800448 |title=Tallering Peak Agreement |newspaper=The Beverley Times |volume=56 |issue=31 |location=Western Australia |date=18 August 1961 |accessdate=26 August 2022 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}