Uley Mine

Producer in South Australia, Australia with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024429
MRDS ID ISM0141
Record type Site
Current site name Uley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.71048, -34.79942 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE, 100 M

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
Graphite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.71048, -34.79942

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Year of first production 1866
Year of last production 1950

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cra Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Total resources 13000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite C 15.1 wt-pct Graphite Major 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOURLAY, A.J.C., 1965 - GRAPHITE IN MCLEOD, I.R., AUSTR. MIN. IND., THE MINERAL DEPOSITS, BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS, BULL.NO.12, CANBERRA, P.289-295

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, R.K., 1961 - GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN EYRE PENINSULA. GEOL. SURV. SOUTH AUST., BULL.31, 69-14

  • Production

    DEP. OF MINES, MINING REV. NO.92, 1952, P.152 R.K. TOHNS (1961)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Towner, Roy, R. (Saam, H. G.) Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

Beyond USGS

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