Mine · Queensland

Ardmore

Care & maintenance Phosphate

Ardmore is a phosphate mine currently on care and maintenance in Queensland, Australia. It is recorded at approximately -21.647, 139.170 (positional accuracy: 2000 metres), and appears in this directory's consolidated register of Australian mines and quarries, built from government geological-survey data.

The site is recorded as being on care and maintenance — mothballed rather than closed, with infrastructure retained so operations could restart.

Queensland's geology and operations are documented in depth by the Geological Survey of Queensland; the sources for this page are listed below.

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Common questions

Is Ardmore still operating?

Ardmore is recorded as "Care & maintenance" in the most recent government dataset this directory ingested. Statuses can change between dataset releases.

What does Ardmore produce?

The recorded commodities are Phosphate.

Where is Ardmore?

In Queensland, at approximately -21.647, 139.170.

Who operates Ardmore?

The public datasets this directory uses don't record an operator for this mine. If you can help complete this record, use the correction link on this page.

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Sources for this page

Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS) — licensed CC BY 3.0 AU , retrieved 2026-08-24

Record last rebuilt from source data: 2026-08-29.

Status	Care & maintenance
Type	Mine
Commodities	Phosphate
State	Queensland
Coordinates	-21.6470, 139.1700 (2000 metres)
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