Wolfram-Bergbau

Producer in Austria with commodity Tungsten
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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255283
MAS/MILS ID 4330000001
Record type Site
Current site name Wolfram-Bergbau
Alternate or previous names Mittersill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 12.48539, 47.26546 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Austria(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Austria

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE GIVEN FOR MITTERSILL/SALZBURG. THE WOLFRAM-BERGBAU COMPANY OPERATES A SCHEELITE MINE AND FLOTATION PROCESSING AND REFINING PLANT AT MITTERSILL. WOLFRAM-BERGBAU IS OWNED BY METALLGESELLSCHAFT OF WEST GERMANY AND VOEST ALPINE OF AUSTRIA (47.5% EACH) AND TELEDYNE INC. OF THE U.S. (5%).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 12.48539, 47.26546

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Metallgesellschaft
    Year 1978
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Voest Alpine Ag
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 2900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2900000mt ore
    Total resources 2900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.7 wt-pct Tungsten Major 0

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, MCGRAW-HILL

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 270.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING, V. 30, NO. 6,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 1977, P. 97.

  • Deposit

    ROMAN, GEORGE H., 1979-1980 WORLD MINES REGISTER, MILLER

  • Deposit

    FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, INC. V. 32, 1979, P. 36, 103.

  • Deposit

    NIGHTINGALE, WILLIAM G., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK,

  • Deposit

    1978, THE FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED, 1978, P. 382, 577.

  • Deposit

    WOLFRAM BERGBAU UND HUTTENGESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. COMPANY REPORT

  • Deposit

    2ND EDITION, JANUARY 1978.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN WORLD,

  • Deposit

    V. 140, NO. 1, JANUARY 1979, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN NEWS, AMAX JULY 1977, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    GIBBS, E.C., ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, TUNGSTEN-RISING

  • Deposit

    DEMAND, NEW PRODUCTION FOR 1977, V. 178, NO. 3, MARCH 1977

  • Deposit

    P. 110.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MINING WEEK, V. 291, NO. 7479, DECEMBER 22,

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 483, 484.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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