Port Pirie Zn

Plant in South Australia, Australia with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Production statistics
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166526
MAS/MILS ID 6020401047
Record type Site
Current site name Port Pirie Zn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 138.01548, -33.17945 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia South Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 138.01548, -33.17945

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter/Refiner

Production statistics

  • Year 1992
    Description Jan.-Sept. Production 30000 Mt Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 30000mt
  • Year 1993
    Description Jan.-Sept. Prod. 29000 Mt Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 29000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    *CRU MONITOR, ZINC, DEC. 1993, P. 8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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