(Facility) Mount Morgan Smelter

Plant in Queensland, Australia with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288423
MAS/MILS ID 6020351002
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Mount Morgan Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 150.41537, -23.66336 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 150.41537, -23.66336

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Warman Services Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1980
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner Peko Wallsend Ltd. (Peko-Wallsend Operations Ltd.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1977
    First year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOK HUNTS AND ASSOCIATES LTD. QUARTERLY SERVICE ISSUE, #1

  • Deposit

    1977.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    E & MJ, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 1979, P 262, 264.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS FILE WAS CREATED OUT OF A COMBINATION OF 3 MOUNT MORGAN PROPERTY FILES ALL ENTERED ON 07/1980, BY HUNTER. THE TWO OTHER SEQ# WERE 6020351126 & 6020351127. THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT TABLES WERE ADDED FROM THESE NOW DELETED FILES. (DATE OF COMBINATION 03/29/95). THE SMELTER PRODUCES BLISTER COPPER AND GOLD. THE BLISTER IS EXPORTED TO JAPAN FOR REFINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-1996 Hunter U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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