Northern Yilgarn is an area at the juncture of the

Shire of Yilgarn The Shire of Yilgarn is a local government area in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia about east of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of and its seat of government is the town of Southern Cross. The main ind ...

Shire of Menzies The Shire of Menzies is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia located to the north of Kalgoorlie. It covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Menzies. History The Shire of Menzie ...

and

Shire of Coolgardie The Shire of Coolgardie is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, lying roughly west and south of the city of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Kalgoorlie. Th ...

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, north of

Koolyanobbing Koolyanobbing is located north-northeast of the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia. A subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs of Cleveland, Ohio mines Iron ore here. The ore is railed to the port at Esperance for export. Current operations commen ...

. It is an area with rich mineral deposits, including

uranium Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...

. It lies at the area located east of the eastern Wheatbelt region, and is a significant area for conservation reserves. Existing or proposed reserves include: * Jaurdi Conservation Park * Helena and Aurora Range Nature reserve *

Mount Manning Nature Reserve Mount Manning Range Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Goldfields-Esperance, Goldfields region of Western Australia north of Southern Cross, Western Australia, Southern Cross in the area known as the Northern Yilgarn, in the Coolgardie bio ...

* Die Hardy/Jackson/Windarling Range Nature Reserve * Mount Elvire Conservation Park

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