Koralpe

Prospect in Karnten, Austria with commodity Lithium
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. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000721
MRDS ID ISM0496
Record type District
Current site name Koralpe
Alternate or previous names Brandruecken, Weinebene, Wolfsberg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 14.96875, 46.83203 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 20 KM E OF WOLFSBERG,NEAR BORDER TO STEIERMARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnten(province)

Austria(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Austria Karnten

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 14.96875, 46.83203

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1951

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MINERAL EXPLORATIONSGESELLSCHAFT MBH.(MINEREX), STATE OWNED
  • Type Operator
    Owner MINERAL EXPLORATIONSGESELLSCHAFT PERFORMING EXPLORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER HANDEL,GEWERBE UND INDUSTRIE,1986: DER OESTERREICHISCHE BERGBAU 1986,P.205-208. --WIEN,1986.

  • Deposit

    GOED, R.,1989: THE SPODUMENE DEPOSIT AT ,WEINEBENE, KORALPE, AUSTRIA.--MINERAL.DEPOSITA,VOL.24,NO.4,PP.270-278

  • Deposit

    CERNY, I.,MOSER, P AND NEDEFF, P.,1989: DAS PROJEKT ,LITHIUM KORALPE,.---BERG- UND HUETTENM.MONATSH.,VOL.134,NO.6,PP.151-165

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 KRAUSS, ULRICH H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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