Zeehan

Prospect in Tasmania, Australia with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256194
MAS/MILS ID 6020450008
Record type Site
Current site name Zeehan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 147.2984, -42.89613 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tasmania(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Tasmania

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 147.2984, -42.89613

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dragon Mining Nl
    Interest 50
    Year 1992
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Samax Ltd
    Interest 50
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE-JULY 1992-PG. 52-"MAJOR NEW PROJECTS"

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYROSMELT WILL RETREAT A ZINC SLAG STOCKPILE USING SIROSMELT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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