Mount Isa Pb

Plant in Queensland, Australia with commodities Copper, Lead, Smelter
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. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133712
MAS/MILS ID 6020351046
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Isa Pb
Alternate or previous names Mount Isa Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.48218, -20.83004 (WGS84)

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 Secondary
Lead, Smelter Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.48218, -20.83004

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mount Isa Mines Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1977

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description Lead Bullion 144000 Mt Lead Bullion/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 144000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Copper Matte 2900 Mt Cu Matte/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 2900mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Lead Bullion 176000 Mt Lead Bullion/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 176000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Copper Matte 2900 Mt Cu Matte/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 2900mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Copper Matte 2900 Mt Cu Matte/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 2900mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Lead Bullion 181000 Mt Lead Bullion/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 181000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Copper Matte 2900 Mt Cu Matte/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 2900mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Lead Bullion 191000 Mt Lead Bullion/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 191000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Copper Matte 2900 Mt Cu Matte/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 2900mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Lead Bullion 186000 Mt Lead Bullion/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 186000mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Lead Bullion 202000 Mt Lead Bullion/Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 202000mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    *CRU MONITOR, LEAD, JAN. 1994, P.7.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1-94: PLANT WAS CLOSED DEC. 8, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-MAY-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.