(Facility) Townsville Copper Refinery

Plant in Queensland, Australia with commodity Copper
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280628
MAS/MILS ID 6020352001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Townsville Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Mount Isa Refinery

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 146.83207, -19.24688 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 146.83207, -19.24688

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mim Holdings Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Copper Cathode 120462 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 120462mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Copper Cathode 146689 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 146689mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Copper Cathode 138021 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 138021mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Copper Cathode 152899 Copper Cathode
  • Year 1984
    Description Copper Cathode 153174 Mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 153174mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES SMELTER PROFILE, TOWNSVILLE

  • Production

    REFINERY, JULY 16, 1986.

Comments on the references

  • UNITS OF PRODUCTION AND DESIGN CAPACITY ARE IN METRIC TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-94 Palencia, Cesar M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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