Doppl-Muehldorf-Zettlitz

Producer in Niederosterreich, Austria with commodity Graphite
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. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000538
MRDS ID ISM0089
Record type District
Current site name Doppl-Muehldorf-Zettlitz

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 15.45211, 48.38199 (WGS84)
Relative position COORDINATES OF SPITZ. MUEHLDORF IS A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR SPITZ (DANUBE). NNE-TRENDING BELT WIDTH 15-20 KM FROM YBBS (48-11'N;15-05'E) UNTIL DROSENDORF NEAR CSSR-BORDER (48-53'N; 15-38'E) NEARLY 40 OCCURRENCES OF GRAPHITE ARE KNOWN, AND WERE MINED AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY. IN 1977 GRAPHITE WAS MINED NEAR DOPPL, MUEHLDORF AND ZETTLITZ (3 OPERATIONS). IN 1982/1983 ONLY 1 OPERATION WAS ACTIVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Niederosterreich(province)

Austria(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Austria Niederosterreich

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 15.45211, 48.38199

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Year of first production 1827

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner UND BERGBAUGESELLSCHAFT PRYSSOK & CO. KG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUTZER, O., 1911: DIE WICHTIGSTEN LAGERSTAETTEN DER NICHTERZE,- BORNTRAEGER-VERLAG, BERLIN 1911

  • Deposit

    FORMANEK, J., KRIZEK, J., STEPAN, K., 1963: GRAPHITE, MINING, BENEFICIATION AND USAGE IN INDUSTRY. (ORIG. LANGUAGE: CZECH), PRAHA 1963

  • Deposit

    KUZVART, M. 1984: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, PP. 145 AND 198-208.- DEVELOPMTS. IN ECON. GEOLOGY NO.18, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBL. COMP. AMSTERDAM

Beyond USGS

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