Lake Johnston (Western Australia)

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Lake Johnston
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Satellite image of Lake Johnston taken by ISS Expedition 18
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Lake Johnston
Location in Western Australia
Location Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°52′00″S121°20′00″E / 31.86667°S 121.33333°E / -31.86667; 121.33333
Basin  countriesAustralia

Lake Johnston is a lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of the state of Western Australia.

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It lies to the east of Hyden and west of Norseman. It is also the name of the geological map of the area. [1]

It and adjacent lakes have been referred to collectively as The Johnston Lakes. [2]

Lake

It lies to the south of the Hyden-Norseman road, in the Shire of Dundas, and has a significant collection of named rocks near its shores:

Western side:

Eastern side:

At the southern end of the lake the Bremer Range is at the boundary of the Dundas and Esperance shires.

Maps

The maps for the area near Lake Johnston use the name of the lake for the key term. [3] [4] More recent maps are also available as datasets from Geoscience Australia. [5] [6]

Vegetation area

Lake Johnston area is also linked to the Boorabbin and Hyden areas in vegetation surveys and maps. [7] [8] [9]

Geology

It is in an area of high interest to geologists and mine exploration companies, [10] [11] and adjacent to nickel deposits. [12]

Nickel mines

The Lake Johnston Nickel Project is currently inactive. [13]

A lake of similar size, Lake Hope, lies to the south west of Lake Johnston. The Emily Ann and Maggie Hays nickel mines lie to the north west of Lake Hope, west of Lake Johnston. The Emily Ann mine lies on the north side of the Hyden-Norseman road, while the Maggie Hays mine lies on the south side of the road. Due west less than 160 kilometres (100 mi), the Flying Fox, Lounge Lizard and Spotted Qoull nickel mines are located.

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References

  1. Gower, C. F. (Charles Frederick); Bunting, J. A. (John Allen), 1946-; Geological Survey of Western Australia (1976), Lake Johnston, Western Australia : sheet SI/51-1 international index, Australian Govt. Pub. Service, ISBN   978-0-642-02273-8 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. endpapers of the 1973 book Chippendale, G. M. (George McCartney); Australia. Forestry and Timber Bureau (1973), Eucalypts of the Western Australian goldfields : (and adjacent wheatbelt), Australian Government Publishing Service for the Minister for Primary Industry, ISBN   978-0-642-00064-4 with map sourced from the Division of National Mapping
  3. Lake Johnston, Western Australia 1958. E9, 1958, retrieved 12 January 2016
  4. Lake Johnston, Western Australia 1971. RC9, 1971, retrieved 12 January 2016
  5. Lake Johnston, Geoscience Australia, retrieved 12 January 2016
  6. Lake Johnston, Geoscience Australia, retrieved 12 January 2016
  7. Beard, J. S. (John Stanley) (1972), Lake Johnston, Western Australia (2nd ed.), Vegmap Publications, retrieved 23 November 2015
  8. Beard, J. S. (John Stanley); Linnean Society of New South Wales (1976), The Vegetation of the Boorabbin and Lake Johnston areas, Western Australia : maps and explanatory memoir (2nd ed.), Vegmap Publications, ISBN   978-0-909122-05-8
  9. How, R. A; Western Australian Museum; How, R (1988), The Biological survey of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Part 4, Lake Johnston - Hyden study area, Western Australian Museum, ISBN   978-0-7309-2111-0
  10. Willett, G (1973), Mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Lake Johnston and Marvel Loch areas, Western Australia, University of Sydney, retrieved 23 November 2015
  11. Bourne, J.; Twidale, C. (2002), "Morphology and origin of three bornhardt inselbergs near Lake Johnston, Western Australia", WA Science, Royal Society of Western Australia Inc, ISSN   0035-922X
  12. "Gencor in Australian Ni deal. (contract with Maggie Hays Nickel to develop Lake Johnston Nickel Project in Western Australia)", Platt's Metals Week, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, 65 (38): 4, 19 September 1994, ISSN   1076-3937
  13. "Poseidon shelves plans to restart Lake Johnston nickel mine in WA". Abc.net.au. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2021.