Koppio

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024430
MRDS ID ISM0142
Record type Site
Current site name Koppio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 135.90298, -34.42777 (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 > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Hutchinson Group;Hutchinson Group
    Rock description Hutchinson Group;Hutchinson Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 135.90298, -34.42777

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOURLAY, A.J.C., 1965, GRAPHITE, IN MCLEOD, I.R. AUSTR. MIN. IND., THE MINERAL DEPOSITS, BUREAU OF MINERAL RES. GEOL. AND GEOPHYSICS, BULL.NO. 72, CANBERRA, P.289-295

  • Deposit

    BROADHURST, E. & ARMSTRONG, A.T., 1945-KOPPIO GRAPHITE MINE. SOUTH AUSTRALIA MINING REVIEW, 82, 93-109

  • Production

    GOURLAY, A.J.C. 1965, P.292

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

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