Greenbushes Mine

Producer in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Tin, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Lithium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10085250
MRDS ID	W700819
Record type	Site
Current site name	Greenbushes Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	116.0646, -33.85429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Australia	Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tin Critical	Primary
Tantalum Critical	Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical	Primary
Lithium Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	116.0646, -33.85429	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on development

ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W700819

Comments on the other database information

ISM0485 AND W700819

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 47

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-89	Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.)	U.S. Geological Survey	CORRECTED LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
Updater	01-MAY-94	Preston, W	Western Australia Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.